Finding Kilkenny in the VRTI + Book Launch of The Statute of Kilkenny

On Tuesday 25 November, 2025, Kilkenny County Council Library Service will host the Virtual Treasury Roadshow with a special addition: the launch of Professor Keith Busby’s new publication — The Statute of Kilkenny — published by the Irish Manuscripts Commission.

The roadshow will take place at 6:45pm in Mayfair Library, Kilkenny.  The launch of The Statute of Kilkenny, edited by Professor Keith Busby and published by the Irish Manuscripts Commission, will take place after the Roadshow, and will feature short remarks by Professor John McCafferty (Chair of IMC), and an introduction by Dr Peter Crooks (Co-Director of VRTI, IMC Commissioner).  Attendance is free and all are welcome.

Enquiries can be made to Kilkenny Libraries by phone on 056 7794174, or by email at mayfair@kilkennylibrary.ie.

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Further information:

Date: Tuesday 25 November 2025
Time: 6:45pm – 9:00pm
Venue: Mayfair Library, Parliament Street, Kilkenny, R95 N23R

Speakers:

• Alicia Dunphy – Local Studies Librarian, Kilkenny County Council Library Services: Local resources in Kilkenny
• Ciarán Wallace – Deputy Director, Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland: Ireland’s public records: destruction and recovery
• Lynn Kilgallon – Virtual Record Treasury Research Fellow: Medieval Kilkenny records in the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
• Brian Gurrin – Virtual Record Treasury Research Fellow: Kilkenny Census Records in the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland

The Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland research programme is supported by the Irish Government through funding from the Department of Culture, Communications, and Sport under Project Ireland 2040