Just a brown eyed girl

St. Canice's Cathedral

On our first stop through Kilkenny we stopped at St. Canice's Cathedral. It was founded in the 6th century and named after St. Canice. This church was originally built as a Catholic church but now it is a protestant church. It is a gothic style Cathedral and has huge stain glass windows. It was built back in 1202 and it took about 83 years to complete. Regular services are held in St. Canice's Cathedral, and all are welcome.

Butler's Gallery

Our next stop was to The Butler Gallery inside of Kilkenny Castle. The show presented in the gallery was by Magnhild Opdol and was titled "Point of no return". At first when we walked through the exhibit i thought it was absolutely ridiculous and made no sense at all. :) BUT when the tour guide explained more about the artist and her representation behind her work i thought it was absolutely awesome! The show is a fascination with things not being reversible such as the depletion of our earth's natural resources, the extinction of species of animals, and the strangeness of a human race that keeps on ravaging the planet, while knowing they are the authors of their own destruction. We went through a room with a giant stack of doughnut boxes stacked on top of one another; while the other room was filled with bronzed doughnuts. Dessert is the main object in "Twin Peaks(tv show) where Opdol highlights the donut, the standard fare of Twin Peaks police department. Donuts and Donut boxes, in this case pink boxes, represents consumerism!

Kilkenny Castle

Last but not least Kilkenny Castle. We didnt really get to explore the castle but Butler's Gallery was inside of it. The castle was HUGE! It was built in 1195 by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. It was a symbol of Norman occupation and in its original thirteenth-century condition it would have formed an important element of the defenses.