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- The Kilkenny Cats, from 'Popular Rhymes and Sayings of Ireland', by John Johnson Marshall, 1924
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The Kilkenny cats are a fabled pair of cats from County Kilkenny (or Kilkenny city in particular) in Ireland, who fought each other so ferociously that only their tails remained at the end of the battle.
Jan 19, 2023 · Kilkenny people can tell you that the building was home to Dame Alice Kytler in the 1300s. Alice is known to be the first woman tried and condemned as a witch in Ireland and has at times been attributed for bringing the tyrannical Kilkenny cat into existence. In a 1963 poem, Austin Clarke wrote, “Soon afterwards, they say, that demon sired
However, John G. A. Prim, a distinguished Kilkenny antiquary, writing upon the subject in the middle of the nineteenth century was of the opinion that the contending cats was an allegory designed to typify the utter ruin to which centuries of litigation and embroilment had reduced the rival municipal bodies of Kilkenny and Irishtown, separate ...
Jan 6, 2017 · Pascal Tréguer etymology, literature, United Kingdom & Ireland animals, cats, folk etymology, Ireland, military, phrases Leave a comment. The phrase Kilkenny cats denotes: – two cats fabled to have fought until only their tails remained; – hence: combatants who fight until they annihilate each other; – and to fight like Kilkenny cats ...
‘ The Two Cats of Kilkenny’ is formally a limerick, and like many such rhymes, anonymous. The rhyme refers to a cruel game involving tying the tails of cats together and allowing them to fight to the death.
Dec 22, 2021 · Nora, named after the river Nore, who tells the 1,000 year story of Kilkenny. Lady, the Castle cat, tells how in 1650, one side of the castle was knocked by cannon fire. Christy , the clever cat relates the story of Edmund Ignatius Rice. The cover of We are Kilkenny Cats.
Jun 23, 2020 · Why Kilkenny city is called ‘The Cats’. If you’re into hurling, you might hear people calling out ‘Come on the Cats’. Traditionally, Kilkenny people are known as The Cats. There are a couple of different versions to back this statement up. Keep on reading if you want to find out why.
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