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Travel Agency

  • Manning Travel - Worldchoice
    High Street, 9 Kilkenny
    Phone: +353 56 772 2950
    Email: des.manning@manningtravel.ie
  • Marble City Travel
    High Street Mall

Artwork

  • A Hug for You
    Canal Walk
  • All together now
  • Archer
    Nuncio Road
    description=A cut-out of an archer holding a drawn bow and arrow. It is intended to alert drivers they are entering the city limits.
  • Archer
    Granges Road
    A cut-out of an archer holding a drawn bow and arrow. It is intended to alert drivers they are entering the city limits.
  • Ball
    Architectural fragment used as art in the park
  • Basketweaver Monk
    Main Street Lower
    Monk (with Willow and Basket)
  • Black Cat
    Castle Road
  • Byzantine
    St. Michael's Gate, 5
  • Cainneach
    Velvet Lane
  • Cantwell Fada
  • Choir Monk
    Main Street Upper
    Monk with Choir book
  • Descending Vessel
  • Elias Shee coat-of-arms - public access
    High Street, 66
    Coat-of-arms of Elias Shee. It is made of local limestone.
  • Ellen Murphy
    Saint Kieran's Street
  • Farmer Monk
  • Flight (No. 2)
    Barrack Lane
  • Hare
    Barrack Lane
  • James Hoban Memorial
  • Lumberjack Monk
    Wood Road
    Monk with sticks and cutting axe
  • Mary Immaculate
    Abbey Street
  • Milkman Monk
    Borris Road
    Milkman Monk with milking pail and stool
  • MoDomnoc
    bee skep
  • Monument to Kilkenny Hurling Team
    Canal Square
  • Petronella
    Saint Kieran's Street
    Petronella lying on her back, floating above the ground.
  • Pink elephant
    Wolfe Tone Street
    pink elephant floating in mid-air, hanging from a yellow balloon
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  • Saint Dominic
    Friars Bridge, 1
  • Saint Patrick
    James's Street
  • Salmon Fisherman Monk
    Salmon Fisherman Monk with salmon and cudhael fishing net.
  • Scribe Monk
    High Street
    Scribe Monk with Abbey Charter and Book of Duiske facsimile
  • Shepherd Monk
    Shepherd Monk with wool fleece and shears
  • Slate sculpture
  • St. Francis
    Friary Street
  • St. Mochua
    Abbey Street
  • Stone Mason Monk
    Main Street Upper
    Stone Mason Monk with lump hammer and stone chisels
  • The Cat That Got The Cream
    Chapel Avenue
  • The Recreation of Dame Alice Kyteler
    High Street, 66
    Sculpture of a protypical with with broom and witch"s hat.
  • Title, X and O (Arch and Sundial)
    Mayor's Walk
  • Urban Animation I
    Michael Street
    Added to the handball alley as part of Savour Kilkenny 2022. It is based on the movie "Song of the Sea". It was made in collaboration with Cartoon Saloon and Kilkenny City Council.
  • Urban Animation II
    Parliament Street, 25
    A wolf on a path into a forest, above which is a bust of a red-haired girl wearing a green button with a white Celtic triskele symbol. It is inspired by the movie "WolfWalkers". It was made in collaboration with Cartoon Saloon and Kilkenny City Council.
  • Void Anchored - Office of Public Works
    Office of Public Works commission. This mammoth sculpture captures an embrace of the unknown and uncertainty - a void anchored to the earth.
  • Voodoo
    Ormonde Street
  • Wolfwalkers
    Rose Inn Street, 25
    Features the main characters from the Wolfwalkers movie. Made as a tribute to the movie for the Kilkenny Animated festival. A few young people helped to paint the mural.
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    Duiske Crescent, 7
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    Barrow Lane
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    Abbey Street
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    Main Street Upper
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    Callan Bypass
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    Ballycallan Road
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    Minnauns Road
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    Church Street
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    Canal Walk
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    Upper New Street
    Underwater scene with a crab, oysters and fish.
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    Church Lane, 1
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    Abbey Street
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    Kenny's Well Road, 40
    Three cogs. Two lying next to each other, one higher than the other, and a third standing on its side beside them.
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    Friars Bridge
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    The Sycamores
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    Mayor's Walk
    Semi-repetitive design of blooming flowers.
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    Parliament Street, 16
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    modern addition to the National Monument for modern worship, seems to be part of a druidic setup
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    Cloister
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    Cityscape at night with full moon.
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    High Street
    Carved cut-limestone shield of Kilkenny City"s Coat of Arms, erected in 1812.
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    Mary's Lane
    Wolf standing in a cave entrance. Made as tribute to the Wolfwalkers movie.
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    Rose Inn Street, 27
    Made in the same style as the earlier wolf mural to the west on this street.
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    Canal Square
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    Switsir's Home, 6
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    Ossory Footbridge
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    Callan Road
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    Castle Road
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    Cat statue from the Kilkenny Cat Trail
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    Canal Square
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    Castle Road
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    Canal Walk
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    Canal Walk
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    Mayor's Walk
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    Wolfe Tone Street
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    Chapel Street
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    Back Lane
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    Ballyfoyle Road
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    Ballyfoyle Road
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    Bleach Road
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Touristic Attraction

  • Aghaviller Round Tower
  • Ballykeefe Amphitheatre
  • Brawder's Family Blacksmith
  • Butler House
    Patrick Street
  • Cushendale Woollen Mills
    Mill Road Graiguenamanagh
    Email: info@cushendale.ie
    Six generations of the Cushen family have been spinning and weaving in Graiguenamanagh since 1778...
    Opening hours: Mo-Fr 9:00-12:30,13:30-17:30,Sa 10:30-12:30,13:30-16:00
  • Gowran Abbey
    Opening hours: Jun-Aug
  • Grangefertagh Round Tower
  • Jerpoint Abbey - Office of Public Works (OPW) - fee
    Cloister
  • Jurassic Newpark
  • Kells Augustinian Priory - Office of Public Works (OPW) Kells
  • Kilkenny Airsoft
    Phone: + 353 56 7795719
  • Kilkenny Boat Trips
    Canal Square Kilkenny
    Phone: +353 87 2061999
    Email: info@boattrips.ie
  • Kilkenny Castle
    Castle Road
    Opening hours: Oct-Feb 09:30-16:30; Mar 09:30-17:00; Apr, May 09:30-17:30; Jun-Aug 09:00-17:30; Sep 09:30-17:30
  • Kilkenny City Tours - fee
    Castle Road
    Phone: +353 867 301 500
    Email: info@kilkennycitytours.com
    Sightseeing tour bus service.
  • Kilkenny Road Train Tours - fee
    Castle Road
    Phone: +353 86 198 0437; +353 87 677 8832
    Email: info@kilkennyroadtraintours.com
    Sightseeing tour bus service.
  • Kilkieran Crosses
  • Kilree Round Tower
    Round Tower
  • Kyteler's Inn
    Saint Kieran"s Street, 5b R95 RP40 Kilkenny
    Phone: +353567721064
    Email: info@kytelersinn.com
  • Saint Canice's Cathedral (christian - anglican) - fee
    Coach Road R95 V63H Kilkenny
    Phone: +353 0 56 7764971
    Opening hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-18:00; Su 14:00-18:00
  • Saint Canice's Well (christian - roman_catholic)
    Kenny's Well Road
  • Smithwick's Brewery Experience
    Parliament Street Kilkenny
  • St. Francis Abbey
  • St. John's Priory - Church of Ireland (christian - anglican) - no fee
    John Street Lower
  • The Castle Yard - no fee
    Castle Road
    Kilkenny"s craft experience
  • The Lost Town Heritage Site
  • Town Hall
    High Street, 82
  • Tullaherin Round Tower
  • Woodstock Gardens and Arboretum
    Annual ticket €50.
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chalet

  • Wallslough Village
    Wallslough Village
    Phone: +353 56 7723838
    Fax: +353 56 7723255
    Email: info@wallsloughvillage.ie

gallery

  • Butler Gallery - no fee
    John"s Quay Kilkenny
    Opening hours: Tu,We,Fr,Sa 10:00-17:00; Th 10:00-20:00; Su 11:00-17:00
  • Courtyard Gallery
  • Mermaid Gallery - no fee
    The Square Inistioge
    Opening hours: Th-Su 12:00-18:00
  • The Kilkenny Gallery - no fee
    Patrick Street, 25
    Opening hours: Mo-Sa 11:30-18:00; Su 11:30-17:00

Touristic Information

  • Ireland"s Medieval Mile
    Castle Road
  • Kilkenny Famine Experience
  • An Mhainistir Dhubh - Bord Fáilte
    Abbey Square
  • Archer Family
    High Street, 16
  • Ballyogan House
  • Bearna Breac Loop Walk
    Frankfort Road
  • Bishopsmeadows Walk - trailkilkenny (Kilkenny County Council)
    Riverside Drive
  • Black Abbey - Bord Fáilte
    Abbey Square
  • Burnchurch Castle
    Description and history of Burnchurch Castle
  • Caiseal
  • Callan Abbey Meadow Walk
  • Catholic Quarter
    James's Street, 23
  • Cloneen GAA
  • Columkille Graveyard
  • Customer Service
    Workhouse Lane
  • Danganmore Wayside Cross
  • Defending the city - Kilkenny County Council
    Lower New Street
  • Discovery Park Map
  • Donaghmore Graveyard
    Donaghmore Lane
  • Dwyer Homestead
  • Dwyer Homestead and Pond, Bregaun
  • Freshford Loop
    The Square
  • Grennan Loop Walk - Kilkenny County Council
    Low Street
  • Handball Centre
  • Kells Village
    Kells Road
  • Kilfane Church - Office of Public Works (OPW)
  • Kilkenny
    The Parade
  • Kilkenny
    Saint Kieran's Street, 29
  • Kilkenny
    Abbey Square, 16
  • Kilkenny
    Dublin Road
  • Kilkenny College
  • Kilkenny County Council Car Park
    Maudlin Street
  • Kilkenny Craft Trail
  • Kilkenny Old Jail and Courthouse
    Parliament Street, 44
  • Kilkenny parkrun
  • Kilkenny's Medieval Walls - Kilkenny County Council
    Lower New Street
  • Kilmacoliver Hill Passage Tomb, Bawnfree
  • Knockroe
  • Knockroe Passage Tomb
  • Lanigan's Forge
    Long's Bridge
  • Life in the Woods
  • Lingaun Valley
  • Local Life
    Moat Field Nature and Heritage Trail
  • Loop Walks
  • Mass Rock & Mass Path - Ballycallan Active Retirement Group
  • Millenium Map
    Plot layout
  • Monitoring the hydrology of the Marsh - Kilkenny County Council
    Lovers Lane
  • Mount Sandford Castle
  • Mountain Grove Loop
  • Next Building
    The Ring
  • Nore Valley Walk - Kilkenny County Council
    Low Street
  • North Kilkenny Cycle Route
    Wolfe Tone Street, 46
  • Original Site Layout
  • Pay and Display Car Park
    Dublin Road
  • Pay and Display Car Park
    Dublin Road
  • Petronella de Meath
    High Street, 80-81
  • Phase 1
  • Phase 2
  • Pollrone Woodland
  • Rothe House & Garden
    James's Street Sconce, 5
  • Site of tennis club Stonyford
  • Skeoghvosteen Community Loop Walks
  • Slí na sláinte
    Butts Green
  • South Leinster Way
    Point Road
  • St Colmcille's Well
    Hatchery Lane
  • St. James's Gate
    James's Street
  • St. Lachtain's Church - OPW
    Church Street
  • Taxes and tolls - Kilkenny County Council
    Lower New Street
  • The Brewery Weir
    Old Bridge
  • The Brewhouse
  • The Colles Horse Trough
    Rose Inn Street
  • The Ecology of the Marsh
  • The Fen - Nature Trail
  • The Medieval Walls of Thomastown c.1374
    Marshes Street
  • The Mooncoin Way
  • The Motte
    Moat Field Nature and Heritage Trail
  • The Seeds of History - Kilkenny County Council
    Lower New Street
  • The Waterfall and Ravine at Woodstock
  • The Wonders of Windgap
  • The Woodstock Ice House and its Inhabitants
  • Tourist Information Centre - Fáilte Ireland
    High Street, 80-81 Kilkenny
    Opening hours: "closed"
  • Town Hall
    High Street, 82
  • Town Wall
    Marshes Street
    Sign just says "Town Wall", no further information.
  • trailkilkenny
    Chapel Street
  • Tullaherin Church and Round Tower - Dúchas The Heritage Service
  • Urban Street & Park
  • Visitor Information
    Main Street Lower
  • Welcome to Newpark Marsh Park
    Lovers Lane
  • Windgap Loop Walks
  • Woodstock Gardens and Arboretum
  • Woodstock Loop Walks - Fáilte Ireland
    Point Road
  • Woodstock Loop Walks
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Museum

  • Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
    Ballycallan Road
    Opening hours: 1 April - 30 September 10:00-13:00, 14:00-18:00, 1 October - 31 March 10:00-13:00, 14:00-17:00
  • Folk and Heritage Museum
    Danesfort Road
  • Footprints In Coal
  • Ionad Lachtain
    Kilkenny Street Freshford
    Phone: 056 7755555
    Opening hours: Sa,Su 11:00-16:30
  • Kells Priory Mill Museum - no fee
  • Medieval Mile Museum - fee
    Mary"s Lane Kilkenny
    Phone: +353 56 781 7022
    Email: info@medievalmilemuseum.ie
    Opening hours: Mo-Su 09:30-16:30
  • Rothe House - Kilkenny Archaeological Society;Rothe House Trust - fee
    Parliament Street, 16 Kilkenny
    Opening hours: Tu-Su 10:30-16:30
  • Rothe House & Garden - Rothe House Trust - fee
    Parliament Street, 16 Kilkenny
    Opening hours: Tu-Su 11:00-17:30
  • Stephens Barracks Museum
    Newpark Drive
  • Woodstock Heritage Museum
    High Street
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picnic site

  • Castle View
  • Picnic tables
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Touristic Viewpoint

  • High Point
  • Saint Canice's Cathedral Round Tower - fee
    Church Lane
  • Spa Hill
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    Canal Square
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    Chapel Lane
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    Dublin Road
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    Canal Walk
    overgrown in summer, not much of a view
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zoo

  • National Reptile Zoo