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Kilkenny City is a town in south - east part of ___MASK88___ and the county town of County Kilkenny . It is on both banks of the River Nore in the province of Leinster . The town is administered by a Borough Council and a Mayor which is a level below that of city council in the Local government of the state although the Local Government Act 2001 allows for " the continued use of the description city ". The borough ' s population is 8 , 711 , but the majority live outside the borough boundary : the 2011 Irish Census gives the total population of the Borough and Environs as 24 , 423 . A townland is a small geographical division of land used in ___MASK88___ . The townland system is of Gaelic origin , pre - dating the Norman invasion , and most have names of Irish Gaelic origin . However , some townland names and boundaries come from Norman manors , plantation divisions , or later creations of the Ordnance Survey . The total number of inhabited townlands was 60 , 679 in 1911 . The total number recognised by the Irish Place Names database as of 2014 was 61 , 098 , including uninhabited townlands , mainly small islands . Dún Laoghaire  Rathdown is a region in ___MASK88___ . It is part of the Dublin Region in the province of Leinster . It is named after the former borough of Dún Laoghaire and the barony of Rathdown . Dún Laoghaire - Rathdown County Council is the local authority for the county . The population of the county is 217 , 274 according to the 2016 census . John Banim ( 3 April 1798  30 August 1842 ), was an Irish novelist , short story ___MASK25___ , dramatist , poet and essayist , sometimes called the " Scott of ___MASK88___ ." He also studied art , working as a painter of miniatures and portraits , and as a drawing teacher , before dedicating himself to literature . Leinster (  ) is one of the Provinces of ___MASK88___ situated in the east of ___MASK88___ . It comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Mide , Osraige and Leinster . Following the 12th - century Norman invasion of ___MASK88___ , the historic fifths of Leinster and Mide gradually merged , mainly due to the impact of the Pale , which straddled both , thereby forming the present - day province of Leinster . The ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes . In later centuries , local government legislation has seen further sub - division of the historic counties . The River Nore is a long river located in south - east of ___MASK88___ . Along with the River Suir and River Barrow , it is one of the constituent rivers of the group known as the Three Sisters . The river drains approximately of Leinster . The long term average flow rate of the River Nore is 42 . 9 cubic metres per second ( m / s ) The river rises in the Devil ' s Bit Mountain , County Tipperary . Flowing generally southeast , and then south , before emptying into the Celtic Sea at Waterford Harbour , Waterford . County Kilkenny is a county in ___MASK88___ . It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South - East Region . It is named after the city of Kilkenny . The county was based on the historic Gaelic kingdom of Ossory (" Osraige "), which is also the basis of the Diocese of Ossory . Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the county . According to the 2011 census the population of the county is 95 , 419 . The Local Government Act , 2001 ( No . 37 of 2001 ) was enacted by the Oireachtas of ___MASK88___ on 21 July 2001 . Most of the provisions of the Act came into operation on 1 January 2002 . The act was a restatement and amendment of previous legislation , which was centred on the Local Government ( ___MASK88___ ) Act 1898 . The 2001 act remains in force , although significantly amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014 . Booterstown is a coastal townland and civil parish , situated in the county of Dún Laoghaire  Rathdown , about south of the city of Dublin in ___MASK88___ . Barry O ' Sullivan once lived in Mc Cabe Villas , he moved to Ballyogan Carrickmines then and became Lord of the Manor . ___MASK88___ ( Ulster - Scots : ) is an island in the North Atlantic . It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel , the Irish Sea , and St George ' s Channel . ___MASK88___ is the second - largest island of the British Isles , the third - largest in Europe , and the twentieth - largest on Earth . Michael Banim ( 5 August 1796 -- 30 August 1874 ) was an Irish ___MASK25___ , brother of John Banim . He was born in Kilkenny , and died in Booterstown .