Kilkenny Castle.

 


Kilkenny Castle.
 

Strongbow built a castle on this site about 1172 of which no trace remains. About 1192 his son in law William Marshall began the construction of a stone castle. In 1391 James Butler third earl of Ormond came into possession of the castle, it remained in the Butler family until 1935.

Cromwell captured Kilkenny Castle 1650 and James Butler twelfth earl and first duke of Ormond went into exile on the continent in company with king Charles II. After the restoration Ormond remodeled the castle in the French style, his son the second duke added a neoclassical gatehouse.

In 1826 James Butler second marques aided by architect William Robinson gave the house the appearance we see today.

The Parade
Kilkenny

Co Kilkenny
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Parts of the house are open to the public, the picture gallery, the first floor dining room and the basement.