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charters of the city to safety. It took 35 firemen and six fire engines to fight this fire, which was started by a small electrical fault. The building was subsequently restored and re-opened to the public in
February 1987. The assembly room continued to serve as the council chamber of Kilkenny Borough Council, until the council was dissolved and administration of the town was amalgamated with
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Tholsel was gutted by fire. That evening, fireman Joe Stapleton was completing his duties as the Town Sergeant when he discovered a fire on the upper floor of the building. He called the fire service, opened the main gates for the fire tenders and took the 17th-century
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at a cost of £1,315 and was completed in 1761. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of five bays facing west onto the High Street. It was arcaded on the ground floor, so that markets could be held, with an assembly room on the first floor. The arcading was formed by
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324:"Ancient Gem: The Tholsel Through the Ages"
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24:The Tholsel, Kilkenny
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543:No. 1 of 2014, s. 24
502:. RTÉ. 19 March 1986
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458:. Historic Kilkenny
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630:. Kilkenny: 48–50.
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700:Blackrock
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231:voussoirs
186:City Hall
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