Alice Kyteler rose through four marriages, and every one of her husbands died under suspicious circumstances. Each time, ...

WITCH, a new play by Michael Conaghan and Jane Hardy, focuses on the story of Alice Kyteler, the first woman in Ireland to be charged with the heresy of witchcraft, in the 14th century. The ...

Alice Kyteler, born into wealth in 13th-century Kilkenny, married four prosperous men who each died under suspicious ...

Alice Kyteler was accused of witchcraft in 1324, in Ireland’s first case of the time – it is believed that resentment of her wealth was a prime motivation for the accusers Tragedy: In 1324, Petronilla ...

We are continuing our list of most famous witches in history with Dame Alice Kyteler, who was a wealthy Irish woman who is also infamously known as the Witch of Kilkenny. Up until her case in 1324, no ...

The story of Alice Kyteler of Kilkenny, the first Irish woman to be tried for witchcraft, is well-known. She was an Anglo Norman who lived between 1263 and some time later than 1325. A moneylender, ...

It sounds like a spooky Halloween story but the author of a book about a medieval Irish witch has discovered an incredible coincidence linking her to her subject. Some would say this eerie story ...

I first heard about Alice Kyteler, Ireland’s first so-called ‘witch’, in school. Of course, as a nine-year-old, I pictured the stereotype: a wart on her nose, a pointy hat, an unhinged cackle for a ...