# Kilkenny Castle

This year

2023

Study casts doubt on 1887 record for Ireland's hottest temperature

Analysis of the record finds it to be a significant outliner compared to modern temperature differences.

33.3C was recorded at Kilkenny Castle in June 1887 and remains unsurpassed in Ireland 135 years later.

However, a team at Maynooth University have examined the record and found reason to doubt its veracity.

The study found that key information relating to the 1887 record is missing or unknown.

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Jan 5th 2023, 12:05 AM

Last year

2022

Expert says yesterday may be hottest ever reliably recorded as doubt cast on 1887 figure

Professor Peter Thorne told The Journal that he believes yesterday may have been the hottest day ever reliably recorded in Ireland.

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Jul 19th 2022, 2:14 PM

All time

Here's what topped the list of the most visited OPW sites in Ireland last year

Kilkenny, Dublin and Wicklow had the top three most visited attractions last year.

53.6k

Sep 28th 2019, 9:30 AM

Six Irish heritage sites we should visit this Easter weekend

An award-winning Roscommon heritage hero tells us what heritage sites we should visit this weekend.

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Apr 14th 2017, 11:00 PM

OPW to give leases on heritage sites to private companies

Minister Brian Hayes stressed today that the businesses will have to be “in keeping with the heritage and with the recreational nature of the sites”.

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Nov 25th 2013, 10:03 AM

OPW enlisting voluntary groups to develop heritage sites

Brian Hayes said the OPW does not have the resources to exploit the historical sites’ full potential for tourists.

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Mar 12th 2012, 10:34 AM

Teenagers claim to photograph ghost in Kilkenny Castle

Is this weird bright light a sign of paranormal life in the south-east?

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Aug 20th 2010, 5:37 PM