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| NEW CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, KILKENNY.- The foregoing sketch pictures not the old St. Canice's Cathedral, of historic fame, but the superb new structure erected on a gentle eminence that commands a fine view of famed Kilkenny Town, the silvery Nore and the luxuriant woods out of which rise haughtily the majestic turrets of Kilkenny Castle, the palatial residence of the Marquis of Ormond-head of that great and anti-national family of "the Butlers of Ormond," who have played the ame part in Irish history that the Campbells of Argyle ahve played in the history of Scotland. For ages, these warlike Butlers were the sworn enemies of the chivalrous Geraldines of Kildare and Desmond. |
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