Castle
Kilkenny Castle
Kilkenny city, County Kilkenny
The Norman castle stands over the Nore in the middle of the city, with the long gallery inside it and fifty acres of parkland behind.
Few buildings in Ireland can boast a longer history of continuous occupation than Kilkenny Castle.
- Where
- Kilkenny city, County Kilkenny
- Address
- The Parade, Collegepark
- Official site
- kilkennycastle.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
The closest places on our lists, in any county.
Smithwick's ExperienceThe brewery visitor centre on Parliament Street stands on the St Francis Abbey site, where brewing ran from 1710.
Rothe House and GardenThree buildings around two courtyards on Parliament Street, put up by a merchant in 1594, with an orchard garden restored behind them.
Clara CastleFive storeys of tower house east of the city, still holding its original oak floors and a wicker vault ceiling.
St Canice's Cathedral and Round TowerThe 13th century cathedral is at the top of the city, and the thirty metre round tower beside it is open to climb.
Dunmore CaveStairs from the visitor centre take you down into a limestone cave north of the city, and a tall calcite column is what everyone comes out talking about.On nearby
Coming up within about 25km.
Sunday 27th September
Friday 2nd October
Saturday 3rd October
Sunday 4th October
More in Kilkenny
Jerpoint AbbeyAbbey · ThomastownA Cistercian abbey of the 12th century near Thomastown. The carved figures along the cloister arcade are the reason to go.
Kells PrioryMonastic site · StoneyfordAbout three acres are walled in behind seven towers, beside the King's River at Kells.
Woodstock Gardens and ArboretumGarden · InistiogeThe Victorian estate garden sits on the hill above Inistioge, with a monkey puzzle avenue, a noble fir walk and a walled garden.
Kilfane Glen and WaterfallWaterfall · ThomastownThe wooded ravine near Thomastown was laid out in the 1790s, with a thatched cottage orne sitting beside a made waterfall.
GraiguenamanaghTown · GraiguenamanaghDuiske Abbey and a seven arch stone bridge are what the town is built around, under Brandon Hill on the Barrow.
ThomastownTown · ThomastownA walled Norman town on the Nore, with parts of the town wall still up and a river crossing that has been in use since the 13th century.
Nore Valley WalkWalk · InistiogeThe riverside path along the Nore between Inistioge and Thomastown, through woodland and past the Woodstock estate.
Kilmogue Portal TombMegalithic tomb · MullinavatThe capstone is tilted up at a steep angle, and this is one of the tallest portal tombs in the country, near Harristown.