Guidebook for Kilkenny

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Guidebook for Kilkenny

Food Scene

10 min drive away. Good food and friendly staff.
The Rising Sun & Garrandarragh Inn
Main Street
10 min drive away. Good food and friendly staff.
Beautiful Thai/French Restaurant.
The Enchanted Kitchen
Beautiful Thai/French Restaurant.
Little gem in the heart of picturesque village of Inistioge. Super food and very friendly staff.
Circle of Friends Cafe
Little gem in the heart of picturesque village of Inistioge. Super food and very friendly staff.
About Dunbrody Dunbrody Famine Ship is one of the premier tourist attractions in the South East of Ireland. Centred on an authentic reproduction of an 1840’s emigrant vessel, it provides a world-class interpretation of the famine emigrant experience. Incorporating guided tour, costumed performers and themed exhibitions of the highest quality, ‘The Dunbrody’ provides a unique insight into the bravery and fortitude with which Irish people faced up to a desperate situation.
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Dunbrody Famine Ship and Irish Emigrant Experience
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About Dunbrody Dunbrody Famine Ship is one of the premier tourist attractions in the South East of Ireland. Centred on an authentic reproduction of an 1840’s emigrant vessel, it provides a world-class interpretation of the famine emigrant experience. Incorporating guided tour, costumed performers and themed exhibitions of the highest quality, ‘The Dunbrody’ provides a unique insight into the bravery and fortitude with which Irish people faced up to a desperate situation.

Parks & Nature

Woodstock is a grea spot for walkers with superb gardens and walks.
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Woodstock Gardens & Arboretum
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Woodstock is a grea spot for walkers with superb gardens and walks.

Sightseeing

St. Moling, whose father was called Oilain, was born in the month of November 614AD in a place called Brosna, near Castleisland in Co. Kerry. An Angel of the Lord assuming human form appeared to those present and immediately blessed the infant in the hands of its mother and made the sign of the Cross on the child and told his parents “from this day until the end of the world, there will not be anyone from this island of Ireland greater than this little boy in sanctity in justice and in truth before God and Men”. St. Moling spent part of his life in the Parish of Rosbercon. He came to Listerlin, Co. Kilkenny and settled in a field called the Fiddawn (the Rill or Streamlet). There is situated
St Molin's well
St. Moling, whose father was called Oilain, was born in the month of November 614AD in a place called Brosna, near Castleisland in Co. Kerry. An Angel of the Lord assuming human form appeared to those present and immediately blessed the infant in the hands of its mother and made the sign of the Cross on the child and told his parents “from this day until the end of the world, there will not be anyone from this island of Ireland greater than this little boy in sanctity in justice and in truth before God and Men”. St. Moling spent part of his life in the Parish of Rosbercon. He came to Listerlin, Co. Kilkenny and settled in a field called the Fiddawn (the Rill or Streamlet). There is situated
Thomastown is a beutiful little village and was founded in the 13th century on an important crossing point by an Anglo-Norman mercenary from Wales, Thomas FitzAnthony, replacing the earlier Irish settlement of Grennan (Irish: Grianán, Sunny Place). FitzAnthony was granted a large area of land in the region by William Earl Marshall, son-in-law of Strongbow, and became the Seneschal (Governor) of Leinster in the 13th century.[8] He built fortifications at Thomastown, fragments of which can still be seen today, together with nearby Grennan Castle, now in ruins. FitzAnthony died in 1229. Of this castle and the town's walls, the only remains are the towers near each end of the bridge and t
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Thomastown
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Thomastown is a beutiful little village and was founded in the 13th century on an important crossing point by an Anglo-Norman mercenary from Wales, Thomas FitzAnthony, replacing the earlier Irish settlement of Grennan (Irish: Grianán, Sunny Place). FitzAnthony was granted a large area of land in the region by William Earl Marshall, son-in-law of Strongbow, and became the Seneschal (Governor) of Leinster in the 13th century.[8] He built fortifications at Thomastown, fragments of which can still be seen today, together with nearby Grennan Castle, now in ruins. FitzAnthony died in 1229. Of this castle and the town's walls, the only remains are the towers near each end of the bridge and t
The Earls of Carrick, whose family name was Butler, lived at Ballylinch, across the river from where the house, now known as Mount Juliet, stands today, from 1700 to 1897. They were of the same Butler family that owned Kilkenny Castle. The first Earl of Carrick, Somerset Butler, had a son called Somerset Hamilton Butler who married Juliet Boyle, daughter of the Earl of Shannon, in 1750. Juliet was just 16 years of age and brought with her a dowry of £5,000, the equivalent of several million euros in today’s terms. But, despite being an arranged marriage, all evidence points toward a marriage based on true love.
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Mount Juliet
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The Earls of Carrick, whose family name was Butler, lived at Ballylinch, across the river from where the house, now known as Mount Juliet, stands today, from 1700 to 1897. They were of the same Butler family that owned Kilkenny Castle. The first Earl of Carrick, Somerset Butler, had a son called Somerset Hamilton Butler who married Juliet Boyle, daughter of the Earl of Shannon, in 1750. Juliet was just 16 years of age and brought with her a dowry of £5,000, the equivalent of several million euros in today’s terms. But, despite being an arranged marriage, all evidence points toward a marriage based on true love.