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Excerpt from Ireland, Vol. 3 of 6: Its Scenery, Character and History The first object that strikes the Visitor on en tering Kilkenny is its famous castle, the ancient and present seat of the Ormonds, standing on a small hill that overlooks the river Nore. It has recently been put into complete repair by its most noble, and respected, and estimable lord, and now, therefore, recalls little of its early his tory. The traces of age and of honourable scars are altogether lost; and fancy will strive in vain to associate the fortress closely with the contents of centuries. It is said to have been originally erected by Strongbow; to have been soon afterwards destroyed by the Irish; and to have been rebuilt in 1195, by William, Lord Marshal, Earl of Pembroke. In 1391 it came, by purchase, into the possession of J ames But ler, third Earl of Ormond, in whose descendants it has remained vested - while so many other properties in Ireland have changed hands - to the present day. The principal attraction in the castle is the picture-gallery - a noble apartment, about 150 feet in length; it contains a fine collec tion of portraits. They illustrate the long career of this distinguished family, which occupies a station so conspicuous, and so honourable, in the history of Ireland. 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.

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