[4] Before the colonisation of South Australia in 1836, the land now called Kilkenny was occupied by the Kaurna people.

[2] Section 388 was bounded on its north east by Torrens Road, indicating the historic township occupied only the southern half of the present suburb.

The Austral Picture Palace, an existing building conversion designed by noted cinema architect Chris A. Smith, was built in 1922.

[6] The majority of residents (58.8%) are of Australian birth, with other common census responses being Vietnam (6.3%), Italy (3.9%), India (2.9%) Greece (2.3%) and England (2.0%).

[6] Kilkenny is part of Hindmarsh Ward in the City of Charles Sturt local government area, with representative councillors, Labor members Paul Alexandrides and Alice Campbell.

Armada Arndale Shopping Centre is located on Torrens Road in the north of the suburb.

[14] Minh Quang Meditation Hall, a Vietnamese Buddhist temple, is located in the suburb.