

On This Day: Death of George Berkeley
On the 14th of January 1753, one of Kilkenny's greatest minds, George Berkeley, died. He has had a whole city in California named after him, yet very little, if anything, has been done in Kilkenny in his honour. Philosopher, dean, mathematician, physicist, philanthropist, bishop, writer, educator, theologian, globetrotter, scholar, scientist, polyglot, city planner, hospital manager, psychologist, visionary, genius; just some of the words that can be used to describe Berkel