Portal:County Kilkenny/Selected Did you know/3


 * ... the Black Abbey Dominicans were often referred to as "Black Friars" on account of the black cappa or cloak which they wear over their white habits.?
 * ... that John O'Donovan (pictured) proposed the Dictionary of the Irish Language?
 * ... Mac Giolla Phádraig dynasty is a native Irish dynastic surname which translates into English as "Son of the Devotee of (St.) Patrick"?