Kilkenny Travel Tips

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Elizaoprisor

Discoverer Jan 29, 2008

Kyteler’s Inn 5 stars

Travel Tip: Kilkenny

The story says it was founded in 1324 by Dame Alice Kyteler, a bank-money lender and a brothel keeper. She has been married four times and all of her husbands have died within a year of marriage. As a consequence she ended up owning an extremely big fortune that her enemies accused her of... [more]

Elizaoprisor

Discoverer Jan 29, 2008

Callan Town 5 stars

Travel Tip: Kilkenny

Callan town lies ten miles away of the bitten track from Kilkenny but the effort is worth it. Callan is a very quiet green town but it has a dynamic history. Few people know that it is the birthplace of John Locke, a notorious Fenian poet and journalist. The most important places of interest are... [more]

Elizaoprisor

Discoverer Jan 29, 2008

The Pumphouse 5 stars

Travel Tip: Kilkenny

It’s really hard to choose a favorite between Kyteler’s Inn and the Pumphouse. I loved them both but the Pumphouse has two pros: great food and wonderful Beer Garden upstairs, where those addicted to nicotine as ourselves could smoke in peace. There’s a cons too as well: the Pumphouse is... [more]

Elizaoprisor

Discoverer Jan 29, 2008

Kilkenny Design Centre 5 stars

Travel Tip: Kilkenny

Many tourists go to the city of Kilkenny provided that they would buy a souvenir or a craftsmanship of some sort. Connoisseurs speak highly of Kilkenny workmanship and of the Design Centre which houses more than 200 studious and workshops both traditional and around the country. This was the good... [more]

Elizaoprisor

Discoverer Jan 29, 2008

The Tower of St Canice Cathedral 5 stars

Travel Tip: Kilkenny

St Canice Cathedral is also very famous due to a 100-feet tall Tower which stands next to it. The tower dates from the 9th century and it is assumed that the tower was once a watchtower . Many tourists decide over climbing the 110 steps of the tower (actually I didn’t count them, but the nice... [more]

Elizaoprisor

Discoverer Jan 29, 2008

St Canice Cathedral 5 stars

Travel Tip: Kilkenny

This is a very big, very famous cathedral in Kilkenny so you just have to ask to get there or you can take a map. This Romanesque Cathedral was built in the 13th century and it ventured to go undamaged through the centuries, until the 17th century, when it was damaged by Oliver Cromwell’s... [more]

Elizaoprisor

Discoverer Jan 29, 2008

Kilkenny Castle 5 stars

Travel Tip: Kilkenny

Once in Kilkenny you should preserve time out of pubs checking and visit the famous Kilkenny Castle situated on a lovely ground next to the river Nore. There has been a building on this side since 1172, the year when the Norman Knight Richard de Clare decided to build a wooden tower. Then a stone... [more]

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