Literary great known around the world has Kilkenny connections

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A fascinating book on the lives of extraordinary Kilkenny people has proven that the author of the Sherlock Holmes books is of Kilkenny extraction. Arthur Conan Doyle's grandmother was from Kilkenny City. Her name was Mrs Mary Foley (1837-1920). And Conan Doyle's mother, also named Mary lived on Jam

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