Editing Kilkenny (section)

===Education===
{{See also|Education in the Republic of Ireland}}
[[File:George Berkeley by John Smibert.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[George Berkeley]] who attended [[Kilkenny College]]]]

Kilkenny is the home of many noted secondary schools, including the Church of Ireland [[Kilkenny College]], founded in 1538. This is one of the oldest schools in the country, and its past pupils include [[Jonathan Swift]] and [[George Berkeley]].

''A quote from an article "The Berkeley Pavilion" by Patsy Dempsey&nbsp;– Bishop George Berkeley (1685–1753) was one of the great philosophers of his time. He was born near Kilkenny and lived in Dysart Castle, Thomastown. Berkeley studied at Kilkenny College (now [[County Hall, Kilkenny|County Hall]]) from 1696–1700, where Jonathan Swift was a predecessor.''
[[File:StKierans2006-07-10.jpg|thumb|[[St Kieran's College]] Kilkenny]]

[[St. Kieran's College]] was founded in 1782 and was the first Roman Catholic secondary school in Ireland. It was created after [[Grattan's Parliament]] which permitted some relaxation of the [[Penal Laws against Irish Catholics|Penal Laws]] in the country. [[St. Patrick's Industrial School, Kilkenny]] was founded in 1879, and closed in 1966. There are a number of other second-level schools, including [[Loreto Secondary School Kilkenny, Kilkenny|Loreto Secondary School]], [[CBS Kilkenny]], Coláiste Pobail Osraí, Presentation College and the Kilkenny City Vocational School. Other schools located in the rural areas of the county are Castlecomer Community School, Colaiste Mhuire Johnstown, Scoil Airigeal Ballyhale, St. Brigid's Callan, Grennan College Thomastown and Callan CBS. These also are noted for their focus on the games of hurling and camogie. Gaelscoil Osrai an Irish school in Kilkenny, is the 2nd largest Irish-only school in Ireland with around 450 from Junior Infants to 6th Class.

[[Maynooth University]] maintained a campus at the grounds of St. Kieran's College from September 1997 until June 2018.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/kilkennycampus | publisher = Maynooth University | website = maynoothuniversity.ie | title = Kilkenny Campus | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181129001654/https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/kilkennycampus | archive-date = 2018-11-29 | access-date = 2018-11-28 | url-status = live }}</ref>  The university offered the first year of full-time arts degrees in Kilkenny, with students attending second and third year courses on the main campus in Maynooth.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kilkenny.ie/kids_life_directory/courses/kilkenny_campus | publisher = Kilkenny County Council | website = kilkenny.ie | title = Maynooth University Kilkenny Campus | date = 8 August 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171126224204/http://www.kilkenny.ie/kids_life_directory/courses/kilkenny_campus | archive-date = 2017-11-26 | access-date = 2018-11-28 | url-status = live }}</ref>