Series: The Historyman

James Freney - A Kilkenny groomsman becomes a notorious highwayman

A sad tale of Castlecomer man John Byrne, recipient of the Victoria Cross. https://soundcloud.com/kclr96fm/john-byrne

Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby run away to Wales and live together happily much to the shock of their ...

In 1850's Kilkenny there was a very aggressive election campaign - a priest got shot, voters were kidnapped on the ...

Kilkenny's James O'Donnell was a member of the first New Zealand All-Blacks team https://soundcloud.com/kclr96fm/james-odonnell

Nicholas Langton, from Kilkenny's powerful merchant family is taken as a slave while working at sea but manages to escape ...

In the 1880s James Mason from Kilkenny was among the world's best chess players https://soundcloud.com/kclr96fm/james-mason

Kilkenny man James Reid gets a Medal of Honour for his bravery during the American Civil War https://soundcloud.com/kclr96fm/james-reid

An account of the the man who made the key that sprung Eamon de Valera from Lincoln Jail during the ...

Kilkenny Fiddler Michael Byrne gets a job on the infamous HMS Bounty under the notorious Captain Bligh https://soundcloud.com/kclr96fm/michael-byrne