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702. BallyhaleServices in Ballyhale Car Rental | Vacation Packages | |
703. BallyraggetA delicious little Nore river town with a volume of legend and pulsing story which belies its modest size. Services in Ballyragget Bed & Breakfasts | Car Rental | Vacation Packages
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704. BennettsbridgeA sparkling village on one of the most delightful stretches of the River Nore. The original name was St. Benet's Bridge and it was of vital importance in the history of transport right up to the establishment of the railway systems. The main highway from Dublin to the south of Ireland, as far back as records show, crossed the Nore at this place. Services in Bennettsbridge Bed & Breakfasts | Car Rental | Vacation Packages
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705. CallanCallan, in the centre of a fertile plain, is an ancient market town which was strongly fortified in medieval times. Corporate rights were granted to the town in 1271. In 1408 there was a battle here in which the Prince of Ossory and 800 of his men were slain by the English. There are some remains of the fifteenth-century Augustinian priory founded by Sir James Butler, and traces of the castle which was bombarded by Cromwell in 1650. In the main street stands a handsome memorial in Kilkenny limestone to Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762-1844), founder of the Irish Christian Brothers. James Hoban, architect of the White House at Washington. D.C., was born near Callan in 1762. Robert Fulton, designer of the first steamship was born here in 1765. Services in Callan Bed & Breakfasts | Car Rental | Vacation Packages
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706. CastlecomerThis attractive little town in the hilly northern part of Kilkenny lies in a wooded valley where the River Dinin is joined by a tributary from the west. Though the centre of the country's largest coalfield (now worked out) the neighbourhood has a scenic charm not usually associated with colliery areas. The district was once part of the terriority of the O' Brenans, who were finally dispossessed in the seventeenth century, but are still numerous in the area. A biennial Brennan family rally has been held here. Services in Castlecomer Guest Houses | Bed & Breakfasts | Car Rental | Vacation Packages
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