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Piltown (), historically known as Ballyfoyle, is a small town in County Kilkenny, Ireland. 5 km east of Carrick-on-Suir, it is on the R698 road and near the N24 national primary road.
Approaching Piltown from Carrick-on-Suir in the west is the landmark of "the Tower" (Sham Castle) which forms a roundabout in the road. This monument, dedicated to the son of a local landowner, dates back to the Napoleonic era. The son was enlisted in the War. During this time, he went missing, and he was presumed dead. His father instructed the tower be built in his honour. It was never completed, as the son returned during construction. Today, its upper section serves as a water tower.
Piltown is also home to Ireland's largest horticultural and agricultural college, Kildalton College. The college hosts a fair called the Iverk Show, named after the Barony of Iverk, on the fourth Saturday in August each year.
Piltown is a local electoral area of County Kilkenny and includes the electoral divisions of Aglish, Ballincrea, Brownsford, Castlegannon, Dunkitt, Dysartmoon, Farnoge, Fiddown, Jerpoint West, Kilbeacon, Kilbride, Kilcolumb, Kilculliheen, Kilkeasy, Killahy, Kilmakevoge, Listerlin, Muckalee, Piltown, Pollrone, Portnascully, Rathpatrick, Rosbercon Rural, Rossinan, Shanbogh, Templeorum, The Rower, Tubbrid, Ullid and Whitechurch.Act of the Oireachtas: County of Kilkenny Local Electoral Areas Order 2008
From the early eighteenth century up until the late 1930s, the main landlords in Piltown and its surrounding area were the Ponsonby dynasty, Earls of Bessborough. The family seat was Bessborough House, just outside Piltown, built in the 1740s for the 1st Earl. The house was gutted by fire in February 1923, during the Irish Civil War. However, it was rebuilt in the late 1920s for The 9th Earl of Bessborough, who served as the 14th Governor General of Canada in the early 1930s. The 9th Lord Bessborough sold the house in the late 1930s. Bessborough House now forms the main part of Kildalton Agricultural College.
Piltown Camogie club are play at the Senior level of the championship, having won their first Intermediate county final in 2014. They followed up this victory with Leinster Intermediate and All-Ireland Intermediate titles beating Camross GAA of County Laois and Lismore GAA of County Waterford. They contested the Senior county final in 2018, 2019 and 2021, being narrowly defeated by Thomastown on a scoreline of 0–11 to 0–9 in 2018, Dicksboro by 1–7 to 0–8 in 2019, and by Dicksboro again 0–15 to 2–8 in 2021. The club has five players representing the Kilkenny senior camogie panel: goalkeeper Aoife Norris, back Kellyann Doyle, midfielder Laura Norris and forwards Aoife Doyle and Katie Power.
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