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Pro
Good pubs and nightlife
Con
Traffic jams and the vagaries of the Irish weather!
In a nutshell
Very lively, you'll have plenty of craic here
27 Reviews The Kilkenny Castle is absolutly breathtaking. We were visiting the castle on a day that the tours of the castle were free and it was a self guide tour. We were a little late in the day and they were about to close so we were kind of in a rush but the entire tour was very nice and we learned alot....
7 Reviews There sure are many pubs in this town to choose from. I loved the old building that was home to Kyteler's Inn which was founded in 1324 by dame Alice le Kyteler. The lady was born here in Kilkenny in 1263. She married four times, and through these marriages she acquirred a considerable fortune. Due...
15 Reviews St Canice's cathedral and round tower are part of the most ancient heritage of Kilkenny. Kilkenny come from the Gaelic, Channigh - Cainneach - Canice - Kilkenny. The cathedral stands on a site that has its roots in religion as far back as the 6th c but wasn't completed until 1285. The round tower at...
Lyrath Estate Hotel, Spa & Convention Centre Kilkenny
1 Review and 869 Opinions Very pleasant and would recommend.However be warned that the hotel still needs a little time to iron...
1 Review and 533 Opinions I've never stayed in the Newpark but, as it's close to home, I've often been in for dinner and...
2 Reviews Great place for a cheap tasty lunch/snack. Most of the crepes are under €5 and taste great! Not one for fine diners, but you cannot argue with the prices. The Chicken Genovese- Chicken, pesto and chedder, so tasty!
2 Reviews Kytelers Inn, the former home of Lady De Kyteler, is an imposing 14th Century medieval tavern in Keiran St., Kilkenny. Legend surrounds Lady de Kyteler; She was beautiful and rich, having outlived four husbands (some say she poisoned them). She was accused of Witchcraft by the townsfolk, but how...
6 Reviews Langton's is probably the best known nightclub in Kilkenny. I've been here far too many times and whenever we go out in Kilkenny we always end up in here. On Saturday nights or over the Christmas holidays it gets especially busy. It's run by local man Eamonn Langton who owns many other pubs and...
4 Reviews This is one hell of a lively Irish pub...we had a wonderful lunch earlier on the friday of the august bank holiday weekend..great service and we decided to come back later to hear the "KILKENNY'S" a local band play...the pub was full of all types of people singing and dancing what an atmosphere..we...
4 Reviews Kilkenny (Patrick street) – Clonmel (railway station depart 14.35 arrive 15.25 Then take the Cahir bus from Clonmel at 15.45, and arrive in Cahir (Castle Street) at 16.10 and at 16.40 get the bus to Cashel. You should arrive in Cashel at 16.55. I know you have to take a lot of buses but this is the...
2 Reviews This was our first parking experience in Ireland, we really had no idea where to park in Kilkenny and when we found a metered spot near the castle, we took it. The parking near the castle is via pay and display paybox but unlike the paybox system we have here in Chicago, I believe it only took...
4 Reviews After we walked around the castle grounds, we went across the street to a craft market place which had a cafeteria and ate lunch. Afterward we wandered through the design center, but we didn't buy anything. Apparently some of the artisens work in shops in the courtyard in the back, but we didn't go...
1 Review Shopping opportunities in Kilkenny, while not on a par with Dublin, have improved dramatically in recent years. The Market Cross is an open-air shopping mall off High Street. It was developed in the early nineties and is named after the city's market cross - this cross dated from 1335 but was...
1 Review When you're in Kilkenny, this would apply to Waterford too, you will probably see lots of references to 'Ormond', like Ormond St/road, businesses & hotels with Ormond in the name. And you might just fleetingly wonder what that might refer to. Ormond is the anglicization of the original Irish name...
2 Reviews 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...
2 Reviews Be careful where you walk at night in Kilkenny. Avoid walking along the river and off the beaten track. At weekends, John Street can be very dodgy. In November 2006, the local newspaper carried an article on the lastest "craze" in the city. It seems local thugs have taken to lashing victims with...
1 Review The National Craft Gallery is across the road from the castle, but there really is not much worth looking at in there. Within these grounds, is Butler House, which is also a hotel. It was formerly the Dower House of Kilkenny Castle. It was refurbished by Kilkenny Design. While it looks great, but it...
3 Reviews Good walking shoes, warm clothes and rain gear are a must. While in Kilkenny, it started to pour down rain and I had to take cover under a tree. Even with an umbrella, the rain will still find a way to get you wet! Be sure to have something to keep your camera dry when the rain comes. Oh, and it...
1 Review 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 having the chance to see anything like this, it was just my luck that I was in New York for the...
2 Reviews 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 traditionally made from ash timber. the ball is small and made from leather, this is called a...
1 Review Smithwick's Brewery (Smithwicks (St. Francis' Abbey) Brewery is situated in the heart of Kilkenny. Brewing was instigated in the city by the monks of the Franciscan Abbey who brewed their beers using the waters from the Friars Well. The Abbey closed in the 16th century and in 1710 John Smithwick...
2 Reviews Forty years before our visit (short in the total timespan of the life of the castle), Arthur Butler, 6th Marquess and 24th Earl of Ormonde, sold his abandoned and deteriorating castle to the Castle Restoration Committee for £50. At that time, he said, "The people of Kilkenny, as well as myself and...
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