Qualla: County Kilkenny https://qualla.com/county-kilkenny en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:12 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: County Kilkenny https://qualla.com/county-kilkenny County Kilkenny: Introduction https://qualla.com/county-kilkenny/ On 26 June 1887, a thermometer at Kilkenny Castle climbed to 33.3 degrees Celsius - the highest air temperature ever measured in Ireland, before or since. That tells you something about County Kilkenny that the population figures will not. This is a place of wide river valleys, fertile land, low limestone hills and a peculiar capacity for extremity, set down in the centre of Leinster but reaching south almost to the sea. Three rivers - the Nore, the Barrow, the Suir, called the Three Sisters - run through it or around it, draining the land into one of the most productive agricultural plains in Europe.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/6/g/county-kilkenny-wp/gc6g-county-kilkenny-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full County Kilkenny: A geography of rivers https://qualla.com/county-kilkenny/ The Nore bisects Kilkenny from north to south, flowing through Ballyragget, Kilkenny City, Bennettsbridge, Thomastown and Inistioge before joining the Barrow at New Ross. The Barrow forms most of the eastern boundary. The Suir runs along the southern edge, dividing Kilkenny from ...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/6/g/county-kilkenny-wp/gc6g-county-kilkenny-abbey-country.mp3 0:06 5 full County Kilkenny: Hurling country https://qualla.com/county-kilkenny/ Walk into a Kilkenny village pub on a championship Sunday in summer and the air is hot and loud and devoted to one sport. The Kilkenny hurling team, in black and amber stripes, has won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship more times than any other county - the gap is large...

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