County Kilkenny
| County Kilkenny | |
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| Area: | 2,061 kmē |
| Capital: | Kilkenny |
| Code: | KK |
| Population: | 80,339 (2002) |
| Province: | Leinster |
County Kilkenny (Cill Chainnigh in Irish) is located in the south east of Ireland in the province of Leinster. It is named after Kilkenny, the main city in the region.
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Kilkenny County Crest
Inhabitants of Kilkenny are often referred to as "Kilkenny Cats"; the phrase is also used to describe the Kilkenny Hurling team, one of the strongest in the country.
Some smaller towns in County Kilkenny include:
- Ballyhale, Ballyragget, Bennetsbridge
- Castlecomer, Callan
- Freshford
- Gowran, Graiguenamanagh
- Inistioge
- Jenkinstown
- Knocktopher
- Mullinavat
- Paulstown
- Redhouse
- Thomastown
- Slieverue
- Urlingford
- Windgap
Sport
Kilkenny has a successful hurling team, known as "The Cats", this name is derived from the saying "to fight like Kilkenny cats". The Kilkenny team has won the All-Ireland championships in hurling numerous times, their most recent win being the 2003 championship, where they defeated rivals Cork.
| Missing image St_Patrick's_saltire.png St. Patrick's Cross | Counties of Ireland | Missing image Flag_of_provinces_(Ireland).png Flag of Provinces, Ireland | |
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| Connacht: Galway (~City) | Leitrim | Mayo | Roscommon | Sligo | |||
| Munster: Clare | Cork (~City) | Kerry | Limerick (~City) | Tipperary (North~; South~) | Waterford (~City) | |||
| Leinster: Carlow | Dublin (~City; Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown; Fingal; South~) | Kildare | Kilkenny | Laois | Longford | Louth | Meath | Offaly | Westmeath | Wexford | Wicklow | |||
| Ulster: Antrim * | Armagh * | Cavan | Donegal | Down * | Fermanagh * | Londonderry * | Monaghan | Tyrone * | |||
| * denotes counties in Northern Ireland (others are in the Republic of Ireland); italics denotes non-administrative counties; (parentheses) denotes non-traditional counties | |||