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Description:
Kilkenny an inland county in the province of Leinster is bounded on the north by the Queen\'s county (Laois), on the east by counties Carlow and Wexford, on the south by county Waterford, and on the west by county Tipperary. Its greatest length, north and south from the bend of the river Suir, west of Waterford city to the north of the county at the village of Clogh (Clough) is 45 miles; and its greatest breadth from near Graiguenamanagh on the east to the western boundary is 23 miles.