Hightown, under Royal influence, and Irishtown, under the control of the Bishop, each with its own Borough, had a stormy relationship, battling for autonomy and authority. Stories of the fierce rivalry between the two are the stuff of legend and fable, and, are said by some, to be the basis for the old saying "fighting like Kilkenny Cats"; a tradition continued to the present day by Kilkenny hurling teams, known, and feared, as 'The Cats"!
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