Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
cash only, can arrange for tour to leave from your hotel, call for details—mobile
086-895-4961,
www.kilkennycyclingtours.com
).
Walking Tour:
Local guide
Pat Tynan
and his staff offer hour-long town walks that
depart from the TI (€7; mid-March-Oct Mon-Sat at 10:30, 12:15, and 15:00, Sun
at 11:15 and 12:30; Nov-mid-March Sat only at 10:30, 12:15, and 15:00; mobile
087-265-1745).
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Kilkenny Castle
Dominating the town, this castle is a stony reminder that the Anglo-Norman Butler family
controlled Kilkenny for 500 years. The castle once had four sides, but Oliver Cromwell's
army knocked down one wall when it took the castle, leaving it as the roughly “U” shape
we see today.
Cost and Hours:
€6, daily June-Aug 9:00-17:30, April-May and Sept 9:30-17:30, Oct-
March 9:30-16:30, tel. 056/770-4100.
Visiting the Castle:
Enter the castle gate, turn right in the courtyard, and head into the
base of the turret. Here you'll find the continuously running 12-minute video explaining
