Excerpt from History and Antiquities of Kilkenny (County and City), Vol. 1: With Illustrations and Appendix, Compiled From Inquisitions, Deeds, Wills, Funeral Entries, Family Records, and Other Historical and Authentic Sources To illustrate local History and Antiquities is a most useful and in teresting literary occupation Some years ago, whilst reading over the Inquisitions of Leinster, the thought occurred to me that much might be done for Kilkenny by publishing, with notes, those that had reference to our County and City, as it would rescue from oblivion the names of families and places whose memories and worthy traditions have almost perished with time. Ancient feudal castles and battle grounds, ruined monasteries and decayed churches, holy wells, raths, cromlechs, cairns, &c., are plentifully enough scattered over the length and width of the county, but their history is largely neglected, and the story of their former significance is mostly lost. It is no small task for a clergyman, face to face with the sterner duties of his profession, to undertake the elucidation of such subjects even in an humble way. Yet I hope the day will ever be when many such can command time for the profound study of their country's history. And like another Keating, or an c'clery, find it quite consistent with the strict observance and efiicient discharge of the onerous duties of a Catholic priest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.