Kilkenny, Historic estate in Bryan County, United States

Kilkenny is a 662-acre historic estate in Bryan County, Georgia, with a wooden frame house built around 1845 that still stands. The property lies at the southeast end of Kilkenny Road, fronts Kilkenny Creek, and looks over tidal salt marsh toward St. Catherines and Ossabaw Islands.

Thomas Young held the 662-acre property from about 1758; his executors sold Kilkenny to Charles Rogers of Savannah on January 21, 1836, and Rogers built the surviving wooden frame house around 1845. A Union gunboat shelled the estate from the Bear River during the Civil War. James M. Butler bought the plantation in 1874, and Henry Ford's 1930 acquisition led to the house's restoration as a private home.

In January 1890 James H. Furber acquired the plantation, and a seven-member consortium called the Kilkenny Club took over the house and grounds for summer fishing vacations. A tidal station nearby still carries the club's name. The house was in considerable disrepair by 1913, when R. C. Paschall bought the property.

Kilkenny is a private home, not a site open to visitors, so it is seen from Kilkenny Road at the southeast end or from the water along Kilkenny Creek. The house stands on the western shore of the creek, facing tidal salt marsh toward St. Catherines and Ossabaw Islands.

The property came under direct fire from a Union gunboat during the Civil War, marking it as a site touched by actual combat. This bombardment left the estate as a tangible reminder of wartime conflict in the region.