St. Canice’s Cathedral: Painting on W. wall of chapter house (Lady Chapel). Does this still survive today? Prof. Edwin C. Rae was Professor of the History of Art at the University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana. During World War II he was Fine Arts Chief for the military government in Bavaria and responsible for returning thousands of […]
Quaternary Science Reviews and JRSAI papers by KKAP team members
Congratulations to Richard Jennings of the KKAP team on his publication in the May Quaternary Science Reviews!: New dates and palaeoenvironmental evidence for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic occupation of Higueral de Valleja Cave, southern Spain. The paper may be downloaded here. Also, the latest JRSAI (vol.137) carries a publication by Cóilín Ó Drisceoil of […]
Major new publication on Kilkenny’s funeral monuments 1600-1700
The 2009 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy includes a very important paper by Paul Cockerham on the seventeenth century burial monuments that are found in Kilkenny. Abstract: The seventeenth-century funeral monuments of Co. Kilkenny are documented in this study and changes in their design and meaning related both to local socio-economic factors and wider […]
Excavations at Talbot’s tower
During October-December 2007 archaeological excavation was carried out by Kilkenny Archaeology at the medieval town wall at Talbot’s Tower, Ormond Street/New Street, Kilkenny. Talbot’s tower guards the south-west angle of the city’s Hightown fortifications. The excavation was a research exercise which formed part of a programme of conservation measures for the walls that are being […]
More discoveries made on the Parade
Archaeological investigations have been taking place now for over a year on the Parade, directed by Patrick Neary consultant archaeologist. Many new archaeological discoveries have been made including the Castle street and parts of some of the buildings that fronted onto it in the 13th century. The entire street was levelled by the first Duke […]