Nowlan Park is the home of Kilkenny's GAA teams. In recent years it has hosted two big concerts - Paul Simon in 2002 and Bob Dylan the previous summer. After living in Kilkenny for 18 years, and never... more
this is one of the major championship hurling counties in ireland, for those who don't know what sport this is, it is the fastest land game in the world, played with a stick called a hurley this is... more
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... more
the town of kilkenny is located about 90 miles southwest of dublin. it rose to prominence in the 13th century and became the medieval capital of ireland. in the 1390's the ango-norman butler family......
Kilkenny was a last minute addition to our trip, decided as we were flying over the Atlantic, in lieu of stopping at Powerscourt near Dublin which I figured I'd visit while I was in Dublin (I didn't)....
We spent a day in County Kilkenny, mostly in the town of Kilkenny.
Kilkenny is a great town, with the castle and plenty of great bars and restaurants.
And it sure puts on a great sunset too!!
After a few days in Dublin we picked up a hire car and commenced the trip to Kilkenny. A few hassels in finding our way out of Dublin and with a little help from a pedestrian we were soon on the right...
Kilkenny is the neighbouring County to my own, Waterford, and it's City, also called Kilkenny, is also the closest City to Waterford. Because of this you might think that the people of each county are...
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