Kilkenny marble or Kilkenny black marble is a fine-grained very dark grey carboniferous limestone found around County Kilkenny in Ireland in the "Butlersgrove...
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Kilkenny (Irish: Cill Chainnigh [ˌciːl̠ʲ ˈxan̠ʲəj], meaning 'church of Cainnech') is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East...
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Hymettus marble Parian marble Pentelic marble Skyros breccia Thassos marble Portosanta marble Connemara marble, a serpentine marble Kilkenny marble Arabescato...
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Carrickfergus (song) (section Kilkenny)
with Kilkenny. The confusion between Kilmeny and Kilkenny could further derive from the fact that Kilkenny, Ireland does indeed produce a black marble "as...
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Kilkenny marble, not a "true marble"; fossiliferous Carboniferous limestone. Red Verona marble – Variety of limestone from Italy, not a "true marble";...
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quarried in North Yorkshire. It sits on a low plinth made of dark Kilkenny marble, incised with Richard's name, dates and motto (Loyaulte me lie – loyalty...
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It describes the font as being of "black marble" (i.e. the Kilkenny limestone referred to as "Kilkenny Marble") and weighing 11 cwt. The size is described...
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The Kilkenny cats are a fabled pair of cats from County Kilkenny (or Kilkenny city in particular) in Ireland, who fought each other so ferociously that...
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announced, in the form of a table tomb of Swaledale fossil stone on a Kilkenny marble plinth. That month, the statue of Richard III that had stood in Leicester's...
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Clonony marble from Clonony in County Offaly Galway marble from Menlo, County Galway Mitchelstown marble from Mitchelstown in County Cork Kilkenny marble from...
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Marble City" Kilkenny, Ireland, a city, sometimes known as "The Marble City" This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Marble...
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County Kilkenny (Irish: Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. It is named...
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contains a fireplace of black Kilkenny Marble. The Cash Office is floored in a chessboard pattern with slabs of Cork Red Marble alternating with Portland...
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The castle, which was to be built partly of red brick and partly of Kilkenny marble, would, had it been completed, have been probably the largest private...
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Aaron; Parkes, Matthew; Gatley, Sarah (2007). "The Geological Heritage of Kilkenny" (PDF). Geological Survey Ireland. p. 24. Smyth, P. G. (November 1899)...
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imported from Holland: the plans provided for pavement and columns of Kilkenny marble. Jigginstown Castle was built on the periphery of an area known as...
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Virgin Mary. The interior walls are lined with Kilkenny marble and onyx, and the altar of Caen stone with marble trim. The rectory is a 3+1⁄2-story Panel Brick...
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1990, the Irish Cultural Society of New Orleans dedicated a large Kilkenny marble Celtic cross in New Basin Canal Park to commemorate all of the Irish...
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1990, the Irish Cultural Society of New Orleans dedicated a large Kilkenny marble Celtic cross in New Basin Canal Park to commemorate all of the Irish...
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body from Canterbury to Dunbrothy, where they erected a tomb of black Kilkenny marble to him in the conventual church. Of this tomb and the recumbent figure...
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in Tor Mancina, Rome, Italy in 1960, where he presented a block of Kilkenny Marble as Ireland's contribution to Rome's 'Cairn of Peace'. During O'Farrell's...
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Abraham Colles (category Medical doctors from County Kilkenny)
near Kilkenny, Ireland, where his father owned and managed his inheritance which was the extensive Black Quarry that produced the famous Black Kilkenny Marble...
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St Canice's Cathedral (redirect from St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny)
[ˈaːɾˠd̪ˠˌaɡlˠəʃ n̪ˠiːw ˈkan̠ʲəx]), also known as Kilkenny Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Kilkenny city, Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical...
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the beginning of June. The city has been referred to as the Marble City. People from Kilkenny are often referred to as Cats. The seat of the Roman Catholic...
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Kilkenomics Festival (category Culture in County Kilkenny)
Kilkenomics Comedy and Economic Festival is an economics and comedy festival in Kilkenny, Ireland, the brainchild of David McWilliams and Richard Cook. Its first...
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Ronan Kearney (category Rugby union players from County Kilkenny)
international rugby union player. A farmer from County Kilkenny, Kearney played his rugby with Kilkenny RFC, Wanderers and Leinster. Kearney won four Ireland...
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Green's Bridge (category Bridges in County Kilkenny)
Palladian-style, limestone arch bridge that crosses the river Nore in Kilkenny, Ireland. The bridge is a series of five elliptical arches of high-quality...
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Sean (John) O'Farrell (category Cricketers from County Kilkenny)
1960 where he proudly presented a distinctive block of his native Kilkenny marble as Ireland's contribution to Rome's 'Cairn of Peace' in 1960. A highlight...
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William Robertson (Irish architect) (category People from Kilkenny (city))
stone Kilkenny Marble. He followed a Neo-Gothic style with the country houses and public buildings, very likely influenced by his childhood in Kilkenny. His...
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River Nore (category Rivers of County Kilkenny)
ten-mile (16 km) stretch between Kilkenny City and Thomastown, including breweries, woolen mills, sawmills, marble works, distillaries and grain mills...
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