The escape of the beauteous Alice Le Kyteler

In 1324, Alice Le Kyteler — original owner of this Kilkenny inn — was accused with various accomplices of witchcraft. Beauteous and clever, the daughter of a Norman banker, Alice had survived four husbands and amassed no small fortune. All this excited the jealousy of powerful contemporaries. Alice was tried, found guilty, and condemned to be…

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It’s not all that far to Tipperary

It’s not that far to Tipperary — not if you start in Kilkenny. That’s what we did. The statue to the left commemorates John and Patrick Saul, two boys abandoned by their parents at the docks in Dublin. The butcher and his wife boarded a ship for Australia after first telling their sons, ages 15…

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