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Notes on Thomastown, County Kilkenny

See here for more tales from County Kilkenny.   *****   Anglo-Norman Founder   Thomastown takes its name from Thomas fitz Anthony, a shadowy Anglo‑Norman administrator who first appears in Ireland in 1207, when he is sent from Ireland to King John with gold and silver. He was one of William Marshal’s protégés and local […]