Number 56 2004. €15.00
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Model of Duiske Abbey by Colm A. Walsh 21
Mahon & McPhillips, Ltd., 1947–1988: an oral history by Charles J. Cullen 24
Tolls and customs at Graiguenamanagh 44
The Irishtown and the Hightown: uneasy neighbours by Tony Patterson 46
It said in the papers – 1922 by Seamus McGurran 63
Chomolungma – the Kilkenny connection by Kevin Higgins 69
Probing the past: a geophysical survey at St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny by Cóilín Ó Drisceoil 80
An heraldic reminder of King Henry VIII by Gerard Crotty 107
The stones of Duiske Abbey, Graiguenamanagh by Colm Murray 113
‘The proposed new bridge’ (Kilkenny Moderator, 12 August 1857) 120
A Kilkenny builder’s time-book, 1896 by Charles J. Cullen 121
Jerpoint Abbey: an historical perspective by Breda Lynch 125
Kilkenny Mechanics’ Friend Society by Edward J. Law 139
Thomastown Benevolent Society (Kilkenny Journal and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser, 25 October 1837) 144