Irishtown, Kilkenny

52°39′24.40″N 07°15′25.72″W / 52.6567778°N 7.2571444°W / 52.6567778; -7.2571444

1780 map of Kilkenny, with Irishtown to the right (north) of the walled city

Irishtown (Irish: An Baile Gaelach[1]) is the neighborhood in Kilkenny in Ireland around St Canice's Cathedral. It was formerly a borough, also called Newcourt or St Canice's, separated by the River Breagagh from the walled town of Kilkenny to the south.

  1. ^ "Irishtown (population centre)". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 31 July 2013.