County Kilkenny is the 16th-largest of Ireland's 32 counties by area, and the 21st largest in terms of population.
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30 Facts About County Kilkenny
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County Kilkenny is bordered by Laois, Carlow, Wexford, Waterford and Tipperary.
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Main rivers in County Kilkenny, called the Three Sisters, are the Nore, Barrow and Suir.
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Wildlife of County Kilkenny is part of the county's biodiversity and is an environmental, economic, amenity and resource.
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Fauna of County Kilkenny includes hedgehogs, otters, badgers, red foxes, and bats such as Leisler's bat, Daubenton's bat, the brown long-eared bat and the common pipistrelle.
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Flora of County Kilkenny includes the endangered autumn crocus, rare species such as the bog orchid, the Killarney fern and the tufted salt-marsh grass.
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Main governmental organisations responsible for ensuring the development of forestry within County Kilkenny are the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Forest Service.
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Climate of County Kilkenny, like the climate of Ireland, is a changeable oceanic climate with few extremes.
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Geology of County Kilkenny includes the Kiltorcan Formation which is early Carboniferous in age.
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Natural environment and resources of County Kilkenny includes its rivers, wildlife, woodlands, hedgerows, and diverse landscapes and geological features.
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The four categories of designated site in effect in County Kilkenny are Special Areas of Conservation, Natural Heritage Areas, Statutory Nature Reserves and Wildfowl Sanctuaries.
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County Kilkenny is comparably low compared to other mountain ranges in Ireland with the highest peak being Brandon Hill, at 515 metres above sea level.
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County Kilkenny is subdivided into twelve baronies which are in turn divided into civil parishes and townlands.
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Until 2014, the second tier of local government consisted of County Kilkenny Borough Council which was a town council.
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The city of County Kilkenny was allowed to use the title of "Borough Council" instead of "Town Council", but County Kilkenny Borough Council had no additional responsibilities.
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County Kilkenny has been represented through several parliamentary constituencies in the past.
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From 1918 to 1921, County Kilkenny was divided between the United Kingdom parliamentary constituencies of North Kilkenny and South Kilkenny.
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County Kilkenny is part of the South constituency for elections to the European Parliament.
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County Kilkenny is the anglicised version of the Irish Cill Chainnigh, meaning Church of Cainneach or Canice.
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Architecture of County Kilkenny contains features from all eras since the Stone Age including Norman and Anglo-Irish castles, Georgian urban buildings, towns and villages with unique architectures, palladian and rococo country houses, Gothic and neo-Gothic cathedrals and buildings.
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County Kilkenny contains varied architecture including passage graves, ringforts, Irish round towers, castles, churches and cathedrals, abbeys and priories, bridges and roads, and townhouses of varying style.
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The tower at St Canice's Cathedral in County Kilkenny City is a good example.
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County Kilkenny City including St Canice's Cathedral and St Mary's Cathedral, Rothe House and County Kilkenny Castle.
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County Kilkenny was the last county in Leinster to have native Irish speakers other than Louth.
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In hurling, by far the dominant sport in the county, Kilkenny GAA compete annually in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, which they have won a record thirty-six times, the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, which they have won seventy times, and the National Hurling League, which they have won seventeen times.
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In 1886, after winning the first-ever county championship in Kilkenny they held a fund-raising event in Tullaroan to provide the team with a playing strip.
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Around County Kilkenny City there is a Driving Range in Newpark and an 18-hole all weather Par 3 golf course in Pocoke.
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