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Travel and tourism services in Kilkenny, The Municipal District of Kilkenny City



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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.
  • Black Cat
    Castle Road
  • Byzantine
    St. Michael's Gate, 5
  • Cainneach
    Velvet Lane
  • 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
  • Flight (No. 2)
    Barrack Lane
  • Hare
    Barrack Lane
  • Mary Immaculate
    Abbey Street
  • Monument to Kilkenny Hurling Team
    Canal Square
  • Pangur Bán - the original
    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
  • Saint Dominic
    Friars Bridge, 1
  • Saint Patrick
    James's Street
  • St. Francis
    Friary Street
  • The Age Friendly Cat
  • 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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    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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    High Street, 86
    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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    Back Lane

Touristic Attraction

  • Butler House
    Patrick Street
  • Jurassic Newpark
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Town Hall
    High Street, 82
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    High Street, 17 R95 TY30 Kilkenny

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
  • 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
  • Bishopsmeadows Walk - trailkilkenny (Kilkenny County Council)
    Riverside Drive
  • Black Abbey - Bord Fáilte
    Abbey Square
  • Catholic Quarter
    James's Street, 23
  • Customer Service
    Workhouse Lane
  • Defending the city - Kilkenny County Council
    Lower New Street
  • 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 Old Jail and Courthouse
    Parliament Street, 44
  • Kilkenny parkrun
  • Kilkenny's Medieval Walls - Kilkenny County Council
    Lower New Street
  • Monitoring the hydrology of the Marsh - Kilkenny County Council
    Lovers Lane
  • Next Building
    The Ring
  • 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
  • Rothe House & Garden
    James's Street Sconce, 5
  • Slí na sláinte
    Butts Green
  • St. James's Gate
    James's Street
  • Taxes and tolls - Kilkenny County Council
    Lower New Street
  • The Brewhouse
  • The Colles Horse Trough
    Rose Inn Street
  • The Ecology of the Marsh
  • The Fen - Nature Trail
  • The Seeds of History - Kilkenny County Council
    Lower New Street
  • Tourist Information Centre - Fáilte Ireland
    High Street, 80-81 Kilkenny
    Opening hours: "closed"
  • Town Hall
    High Street, 82
  • Urban Street & Park
  • Welcome to Newpark Marsh Park
    Lovers Lane
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    Dublin Road
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    Castle Road
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    Castle Road
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    Larchfield
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    Nore Valley Walk
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    Nore Valley Walk
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    Nore Valley Walk
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    Ormonde Road
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    The Avenue
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    The Avenue
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    Callan Road Roundabout
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    Canal Walk
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    Canal Walk
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    Cashel Downs
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    Nuncio Road Roundabout
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    Nuncio Road
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    Saint Francis Terrace
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    Old Callan Road, 13
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    Dublin Road
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    Old Sion Road
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    Edenvale Close
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    College Road
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    College Road
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    Velvet Lane
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    Market Yard
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    New Building Lane, 2
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    New Building Lane, 2
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    New Building Lane, 2
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    Parliament Street, 16
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    New Building Lane, 5a
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    Parliament Street, 16
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    Parliament Street, 16
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    Parliament Street, 16
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    Greens Hill, 1
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    Bleach Road
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    Parliament Street, 16
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    New Building Lane, 4
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    Parliament Street, 16
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    James's Street Sconce, 5
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    Dominic Street
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    Joseph's Road
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    Dean Street, 1
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    New Row, 9
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    New Row, 8
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    Dominic Street
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    The Sycamores
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    Troy's Lane
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    Back Lane
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    Barrack Lane
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    Barrack Lane
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    Greens Hill
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    Market Yard
    Map showing the locations of the 21 cat sculptures until April 2022.
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    Glendine Road
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    Glendine Road
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    Greens Hill
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    Newpark Adventure Trail map and visitor guidelines. The Fen Nature Trail information

Museum

  • 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

picnic site

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    Maudlin Street
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Touristic Viewpoint

  • Saint Canice's Cathedral Round Tower - fee
    Church Lane
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    Canal Square
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    Dublin Road
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    Canal Walk
    overgrown in summer, not much of a view
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    Saint Kieran's Street, 51
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    John's Bridge

zoo

  • National Reptile Zoo