Editing Kilkenny (section)

==Toponymy==
Kilkenny is the anglicised version of the Irish {{lang|ga|Cill Chainnigh}}, meaning ''Cell/Church of [[Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainneach]] or [[Cainnech of Aghaboe|Canice]]''.<ref name="Room 2006"/> This relates to a church built in honour of [[Cainnech of Aghaboe|St. Canice]], an [[Ulster]]man, on the hill now containing [[St Canice's Cathedral|St. Canice's Cathedral]] and the [[Irish round tower|round tower]]. This seems to be the first major settlement. The early Christian origin of the round tower suggests an early ecclesiastical foundation at Kilkenny.<ref name="Graves 1857 25">{{Harvnb|Graves|1857|p=25}}</ref>

{{cquote| Ceall-Cainnigh was for the most part burned. |20px|20px| [[Annals of the Four Masters|Four Masters]], ''[[Annals of the Four Masters]]'', 1085.<ref name="Masters">{{Harvnb|Masters1085}}, [[Annals of the Four Masters]] [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005B/index.html vol. ii] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112181100/http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005B/index.html |date=12 January 2011 }}, [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/T100005B/text019.html p. 923] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415063635/http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/T100005B/text019.html |date=15 April 2014 }} from [[Irish language|Irish]]:</ref>}}

The ''[[Annals of the Four Masters]]'' recorded Kilkenny in 1085.<ref name="Graves">{{Harvnb|Graves|1857|p=23}}</ref> Prior to this time the early 6th-century territory was known as ''Osraighe,'' referring to the whole district or the capital. The [[Annals of the Four Masters|Four Masters]] entry was the first instance where the capital was called ''Ceall-Cainnigh'' (modernised Kilkenny).<ref name="egan1884">{{Harvnb|Egan|1884}}</ref> Cill Chainnigh was a major monastic centre from at least the eighth century. There is no mention of ''Cill Chainnigh'' in the lives of [[Cainnech of Aghaboe]], [[Ciarán of Saighir]] or any of the early [[Irish annals|annals of Ireland]] suggesting that Cill Chainnigh was not of ancient civil importance.<ref name="Graves"/>