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I really like the new layout of Kilkenny's High Street. The introduction of all the pedestrian crossings make it a nightmare for drivers to get from one end to another and hopefully it might eventually become a car-free zone.
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Brewery Tours
I would like to know if there are tours available for the brewery that makes Kilkenny beer and if so, what hours of the day the tours are available.
Thank you!!
RE: Brewery Tours
I am not familiar with any tour of a brewery for Kilkenny beer. However, if you email the Tourist Information Center, kilkennytourism@eircom.net, in Kilkenny, they will probably have the information.
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RE: RE: Brewery Tours
As far as I know Kilkenny (Smithwicks) is one of the various brands brewed by Guinness, and there certainly is no Kilkenny brewery in Kilkenny.
RE: Brewery Tours
Hi
Kilkenny Beer is brewed by Smithwick's Brewery in St Francis Abbey in Kilkenny. Tours are available (free) and you can pick up the tickets from the tourist office in Rose Inn Street. Tours run from about May to Sept. if memory serves.
Hope you enjoy Kilkenny (great city and the beer isn't bad either)
Rory
Re: Brewery Tours
that would be the smithwicks brewery. parlaiment street kilkenny. kilkenny is sold in irish pubs as smithwicks. remember that guinness and smithwicks are brewed at 4.3 % by vol alcohol, not as strong as on the continent. there are other brands of irish red ale also available . you might try maccardles or bass(our prime ministers favourite). you might also keep an eye out for some of the micro brewery products.
regards
dr. beerlizard
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Hurling / Black and Amber
Hurling is an ancient Gaelic sports and very popular in Ireland. We happened to be in Kilkenny two days before an important hurling match. It was the “All-Ireland Championship”, where Kilkenny and Cork were in the final. When driving through County Cork, we already noticed several cars and houses decorated with white-red flags (the colours of Cork) but in Kilkenny and around, it was even more. You could see so much flags in the colours of Kilkenny, black and amber, and in some houses there were also posters of hurling players in the window. And it seemed that every third person in the city wore a tricot with black and amber stripes! All the fans of the Kilkenny team must be quite depressed now, as Cork won…
Hurling!
Hurling is one of the two Irish national sports, Gaelic football being the other.
Hurling is similar to hockey in that there's a stick and a ball, but that's really where the similarities end. The stick is shaped differently, the game is waaayyy faster, and Irish hurlers are treated like Gods by their townsfolk.
The reason I specifically feature hurling on my Kilkenny page is that the KK hurlers are considered one of the best teams in Ireland and have repeatedly carried away the all Ireland Hurling Championship. 2007 is no exception, with the final coming up as I type....and of course KK are one of the two finals teams.
Ireland as a country is passionate about this sport and few counties more so than KK. Take a look at the pics I attach which are of a gigantic mascot atop a local pub. The mascot is dressed in the local county colours - black and amber.
If you can at all, try to get tickets for a major match. The all Ireland ones are like gold dust but if you can get your hands on them....... A hurley (stick) and a sliotar (ball) and a few team mates to play with.
Otherwise, just pick yourself up a county hurling strip, dress for the occasion, and head along to a game.
Kilkenny City from afar!
A panorama of the town - not quite, this was taken on one of those grey, wet days which are quite common in Kilkenny. You can see the town in the background and the carpark of Dunnes' Stores in the foreground.
Just Over the Bridge
Matt the Miller's is just one of Kilkenny's many landmark pubs. It's also probably one of the largest and is indeed hard to miss - the big pink building just over the bridge facing towards the castle.
They do great barfood and in the night it's a haven of loud music, sometimes live bands, and plenty of activity and fun.
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