Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny Print

Kilkenny began with an early sixth century ecclesiastical foundation. Following Norman invasion of Ireland Kilkenny Castle and a series of walls were built to protect the burghers of what became a Norman merchant town. Willliam Marshall, Lord of Leinster, gave Kilkenny a charter as a town in 1207. By the late thirteenth century Kilkenny was under Norman-Irish control. The Statues of Kilkenny passed at Kilkenny in 1367, aimed to curb the decline of the Hiberon-Norman Lordship of Ireland. In 1609 King James I of England granted Kilkenny a Royal Charter giving it the status of a city. Following the The Rebellion of 1641 the Irish Catholic Federation also known as the “Confederation of Kilkenny”, was based in Kilkenny and lasted until the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. Kilkenny was a famous brewing center from the late seventeenth century. In the late twentieth century Kilkenny is a tourist and creative center.

Print available in forest green mat or ivory, black wood frame or cherry wood frame

Each print is signed and dated by the artist.

Size 11″ x 14″ matted