Window into the past… of churches and tombs and times gone by… and freedom

St Canice’s Cathedral, Killkenny, Ireland
Founded on an old 6th century old monastic site
Founded in 1285 in the Anglo Norman period

St Canice’s Cathedral has the second longest nave in Ireland (after St Patrick’s Cathedral).


Has stained glass by the famous Harry Clarke
Immense detail…

And over 40 internal tombs…
Piers Butler (1467-1539) being one and his wife Mary Fitzgerald of Anglo Norman ruling class

Look how his recumbent effigy is polished from the years of passers by polishing the black marble with touch…

Despite the years of turmoil through Vikings, Anglo Normans (1169), Tudors and the Act of union (1801) and the exit of the British in 1922

Through all these times, who would have ever thought that “Ireland” would become free of kings and gentleman…

Two pivotal points were the American Revolution and the French Revolution…
Despite seven failed Irish revolutions
And 753 years of turmoil and yet the 1916 rebellion and subsequent 1918 elections would change the course of history for ever…

There is always hope

“I damn all gentlemen”
There is only one aristocracy and that is justice and we should never take it for granted…

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