Kilkenny: Cave of the Dead and the Witch's Inn
Kilkenny, Ireland
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Kilkenny: Cave of the Dead and the Witch's Inn
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Dunmore Cave near Ballyfoyle holds one of the most violent events in Irish recorded history: in 928 AD, Viking raiders massacred people sheltering inside, killing around 1,000 according to the Annals of the Four Masters. Archaeologists recovered the remains of dozens of people, mostly women and children — and, separately, a hoard of 43 silver and bronze items buried in the cave around 970, some forty years after the attack. In Kilkenny city, Kyteler's Inn on St. Kieran Street was the home of Dame Alice Kyteler, convicted of witchcraft in 1324 — the first such conviction in Ireland.
Required Activities
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of 4
On the guided tour of Dunmore Cave, find the chambers where the human remains were recovered, and where a hoard of 43 silver and bronze pieces was buried around 970
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of 4
In the cave's largest chamber, stand beneath the Market Cross, a cross-shaped calcite column over 5.8 metres high, the finest formation in the cave
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of 4
At Kyteler's Inn find the plaque to Dame Alice Kyteler, convicted of witchcraft in 1324 — accused of poisoning four husbands, and gone before sentence was passed
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of 4
Note on the same plaque that Petronella de Meath, Kyteler's maid, was flogged and burned in her place in 1324 — the first person burned for witchcraft in Ireland; the inn takes its name and its site from her house
On the guided tour of Dunmore Cave, find the chambers where the human remains were recovered, and where a hoard of 43 silver and bronze pieces was buried around 970
In the cave's largest chamber, stand beneath the Market Cross, a cross-shaped calcite column over 5.8 metres high, the finest formation in the cave
At Kyteler's Inn find the plaque to Dame Alice Kyteler, convicted of witchcraft in 1324 — accused of poisoning four husbands, and gone before sentence was passed
Note on the same plaque that Petronella de Meath, Kyteler's maid, was flogged and burned in her place in 1324 — the first person burned for witchcraft in Ireland; the inn takes its name and its site from her house
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