Talk

To celebrate Pride Month, OPW-Kilkenny Castle is delighted to host a talk by Dr Anthony Delaney on Saturday 10th June at 3pm in the Parade Tower. This talk explores ideas of gender and sexuality in the Georgian and Victorian Ireland, initially by centering Kilkenny Castle's inherent queerness, before zooming out to consider Kilkenny, and then […]

OPW Kilkenny Castle is delighted to host the John Bradley Memorial lecture once again on Friday 27 October at the Parade Tower. The speaker this year will be Gerard Crotty, a retired teacher who has been interested in heraldry for many years. Talk: Making Sense of Heraldry : Coats of arms have been borne by […]

Alice Kyteler remains the most well-known but mysterious woman in the history of Kilkenny. Seven hundred years have passed since she disappeared at the height of the Kilkenny Witchcraft Trial, but she remains an intriguing figure. In this presentation, historian and host of the Irish History Podcast, Fin Dwyer, explores the woman at the center […]