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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Kilkenny

Kilkenny Castle by Alain Rouiller
Kilkenny Castle © 2016, Alain Rouiller
COUNTY KILKENNY

Irish Name: Cill Chainnigh
Nickname: The Marble County
County Town: Kilkenny
Province: Leinster
Region: South-East

Tartan: The County Kilkenny tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in royal blue and forest green, with maroon, bright gold, and orange accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the house of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Kilkenny Tartan

County Kilkenny Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Brennan, Brien, Butler, Byrne, Carroll, Delaney, Dowling, Dunne, Kelly, Maher, Murphy, Neill, Phelan, Power, Purcell, Ryan, Shea, Walsh

(Irish Emigrants):
Brennan, Butler, Byrne, Cantwell, Cody, Kelly, Lyng, Maher, Shortall, Sullivan, Walsh

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References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Kilkenny tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Castle Kilkenny, 2016, Alain Rouiller, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 2.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
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