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Kilkenny Castle

Kilkenny Castle

Aerial view. Kells Priory. county Kilkenny. Ireland

Aerial view. Kells Priory. county Kilkenny. Ireland

Parliament street. Kilkenny. Ireland

Parliament street. Kilkenny. Ireland

Window surrounded by ivy. Kilkenny. Ireland

Window surrounded by ivy. Kilkenny. Ireland

The castle. Kilkenny. Ireland

The castle. Kilkenny. Ireland

Kilkenny, Ireland

Cemetery and ancient houses in Kilkenny, Ireland

Aerial view. Kells Priory. county Kilkenny. Ireland

Aerial view. Kells Priory. county Kilkenny. Ireland

Ten Arch Stone Bridge. Inistioge. county Kilkenny. Ireland

Ten Arch Stone Bridge. Inistioge. county Kilkenny. Ireland

Castle Kilkenny Ireland

Castle Kilkenny in Ireland taken from the bridge over the river Nore. Castle Kilkenny in Ireland taken from the bridge over the river Nore

Tradidional irish pub. Kilkenny. Ireland

Tradidional irish pub. Kilkenny. Ireland

Bridge, Graiguenamanagh

Bridge in Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Bridge in Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Aerial view. Kells Priory. county Kilkenny. Ireland

Aerial view. Kells Priory. county Kilkenny. Ireland

Church door, Ireland

Door of the cathedral of Kilkenny, in Ireland. Door of the cathedral of Kilkenny, in Ireland

Hat trick - Royal visitors in the Picture Gallery, Kilkenny Castle

A royal group in Kilkenny Castle, that beautiful castle in, arguably, Ireland's most beautiful city - but can we name this lot?

And indeed it seems we can. With thanks in particular to some our regular stalwart contributors (and newer blood), we have confirmation that this does capture a royal visit to the Marble City. The man-who-would-be-king (the Duke of York) and family visited the Butler/Ormonde family at their home in Kilkenny Castle in April 1899. While perhaps already on the road to confirmation, DannyM8 helped confirm the sometimes elusive trifecta of who, where, and when. An extract from the Irish Times summarises this "at home" gathering in the castle's noted picture gallery, and lists those present as the:
- Duke & Duchess of York (later George V & Queen Mary)
- Marquess & Lady Ormonde (James Butler & Elizabeth Grosvenor)
- Two other Ormondes (likely the Marquess' daughter & brother)
- Marshal & Lady Roberts (Frederick Roberts & Nora Bews)
- Viscount & Viscountess De Vesci (John Vesey & Evelyn Charteris)
- Lady Eva Dugdale (later Lady of the Bedchamber)
- Earl of Ava (Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood d.1900)
- Sir Charles Leopold Cust (baronet)
- Sir Francis De Winton
- Mr J. T Seigne JP (officer of Ormonde's estate?)
- and "Mr Moncrieffe"

We even see forebears of both the visitors and the hosts in the portraits to the rear...

Photographer: A. H. Poole Studio Photographer

Collection: Poole Photographic Collection

Date: Thursday, 20 April 1899

NLI Ref: POOLEIMP 673

You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie. A royal group in Kilkenny Castle, that beautiful castle in, arguably, Ireland's most beautiful city - but can we name this lot?

And indeed it seems we can. With thanks in particular to some our regular stalwart contributors (and newer blood), we have confirmation that this does capture a royal visit to the Marble City. The man-who-would-be-king (the Duke of York) and family visited the Butler/Ormonde family at their home in Kilkenny Castle in April 1899. While perhaps already on the road to confirmation, DannyM8 helped confirm the sometimes elusive trifecta of who, where, and when. An extract from the Irish Times summarises this "at home" gathering in the castle's noted picture gallery, and lists those present as the:
- Duke & Duchess of York (later George V & Queen Mary)
- Marquess & Lady Ormonde (James Butler & Elizabeth Grosvenor)
- Two other Ormondes (likely the Marquess' daughter & brother)
- Marshal & Lady Roberts (Frederick Roberts & Nora Bews)
- Viscount & Viscountess De Vesci (John Vesey & Evelyn Charteris)
- Lady Eva Dugdale (later Lady of the Bedchamber)
- Earl of Ava (Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood d.1900)
- Sir Charles Leopold Cust (baronet)
- Sir Francis De Winton
- Mr J. T Seigne JP (officer of Ormonde's estate?)
- and "Mr Moncrieffe"

We even see forebears of both the visitors and the hosts in the portraits to the rear...

Photographer: A. H. Poole Studio Photographer

Collection: Poole Photographic Collection

Date: Thursday, 20 April 1899

NLI Ref: POOLEIMP 673

You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie

Church door, Ireland

Door of the cathedral of Kilkenny, in Ireland. Door of the cathedral of Kilkenny, in Ireland

Canal Square. Kilkenny. Ireland

Canal Square. Kilkenny. Ireland

Kilkenny Ireland Rainy Alley

Kilkenny Ireland Rainy Alley

The Corner House pub.Bennettsbridge. county Kilkenny. Ireland

The Corner House pub.Bennettsbridge. county Kilkenny. Ireland

Main street. Inistioge. county Kilkenny. Ireland

Main street. Inistioge. county Kilkenny. Ireland

The castle. Kilkenny. Ireland

The castle. Kilkenny. Ireland

Jerpoint Abbey. Thomastown, county Kilkenny, Ireland

Jerpoint Abbey. Thomastown, county Kilkenny, Ireland

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