Guidebook for Kilkenny city

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Guidebook for Kilkenny city

Food Scene

Michelin-starred cuisine. Good value early bird menu.
30 locals recommend
Campagne
5 Gas House Ln
30 locals recommend
Michelin-starred cuisine. Good value early bird menu.
Quality Italian staples
34 locals recommend
Ristorante Rinuccini
1 The Parade
34 locals recommend
Quality Italian staples
Well-presented modern Irish food
33 locals recommend
Zuni Restaurant, Bar & Boutique Hotel
26 Patrick St
33 locals recommend
Well-presented modern Irish food
Good pizzas and craft beers
7 locals recommend
Brewery Corner
29 Parliament St
7 locals recommend
Good pizzas and craft beers
Delicious pastries and cakes
15 locals recommend
Cakeface Patisserie
16 Irishtown
15 locals recommend
Delicious pastries and cakes
Wide range of take-away sandwiches and coffees. Grab a sandwich and sweet treat, and head to the Castle Park to eat al fresco if the weather allows.
The Gourmet Store
56 High St
Wide range of take-away sandwiches and coffees. Grab a sandwich and sweet treat, and head to the Castle Park to eat al fresco if the weather allows.
Good coffee and delicious chocolate treats
The Truffle Fairy
Chapel Lane
Good coffee and delicious chocolate treats
This stately home is the ideal setting for afternoon tea.
29 locals recommend
Mount Juliet Estate & Golf Club
29 locals recommend
This stately home is the ideal setting for afternoon tea.
Brunch staples
7 locals recommend
Cafe La Coco
4 Lower Patrick St
7 locals recommend
Brunch staples
Lunch spot with fresh salads, sandwiches and great brownies. Nice spot to break the journey from Dublin to Tubbrid.
Gallic Kitchen
10 Main St
Lunch spot with fresh salads, sandwiches and great brownies. Nice spot to break the journey from Dublin to Tubbrid.
Take-away with delicious, fresh-cut chips, best enjoyed with plenty of salt and vinegar.
Joe's Takeaway
3 Dean St
Take-away with delicious, fresh-cut chips, best enjoyed with plenty of salt and vinegar.
Voted one of the best brunches in Ireland
Arán Deli & Bakery
14 Barrack Street
Voted one of the best brunches in Ireland

Drinks & Nightlife

At least a century older than our tower house, and named after the infamous Alice de Kyteler, first woman to be accused of witchcraft in Ireland. Live Irish music nightly during summer.
26 locals recommend
Kytelers Inn
Saint Kieran's Street
26 locals recommend
At least a century older than our tower house, and named after the infamous Alice de Kyteler, first woman to be accused of witchcraft in Ireland. Live Irish music nightly during summer.
One of the oldest inns in Ireland.
16 locals recommend
Hole in the Wall
High Street
16 locals recommend
One of the oldest inns in Ireland.
Late bar with three floors, usually packed at weekends.
39 locals recommend
Left Bank
1 The Parade
39 locals recommend
Late bar with three floors, usually packed at weekends.
The local watering hole, a ten-minute walk.
The Valley Inn
The local watering hole, a ten-minute walk.

Parks & Nature

Moderate intensity 6km hike, with beautiful views over Tipperary and Kilkenny, and a lookout at the top.
Grange Crag loop walk trailhead
Moderate intensity 6km hike, with beautiful views over Tipperary and Kilkenny, and a lookout at the top.
80-acre activity park with walking trails, kids' play areas, fishing lakes and a canopy walkway. www.discoverypark.ie
56 locals recommend
Castlecomer Discovery Park
56 locals recommend
80-acre activity park with walking trails, kids' play areas, fishing lakes and a canopy walkway. www.discoverypark.ie
Moderate 11km walk along the Nore river to Bennettsbridge, starting from John's Bridge. Check www.irishtrails.ie
Nore Valley Walk Trailhead
Moderate 11km walk along the Nore river to Bennettsbridge, starting from John's Bridge. Check www.irishtrails.ie

Arts & Culture

Theatre and music venue. www.set.ie
9 locals recommend
Set Theatre
69 John Street
9 locals recommend
Theatre and music venue. www.set.ie
Museum and ornate walled garden.
41 locals recommend
Rothe House & Garden
16 Parliament St
41 locals recommend
Museum and ornate walled garden.
Recently-opened museum with a selection of Kilkenny treasures.
30 locals recommend
St. Mary’s Medieval Mile Museum
30 locals recommend
Recently-opened museum with a selection of Kilkenny treasures.

Shopping

Irish craft, design and gifts. Check out the restaurant upstairs.
24 locals recommend
Kilkenny Design Centre Ltd
The Parade
24 locals recommend
Irish craft, design and gifts. Check out the restaurant upstairs.
High quality jewellery
Rudolf Heltzel
10 Patrick St
High quality jewellery
Vintage and unusual women's clothing and footwear
Folkster
27 Patrick St
Vintage and unusual women's clothing and footwear
Kilkenny's most famous pottery, where you can see potters at work at certain times, and find a memento of Kilkenny to bring home.
30 locals recommend
Nicholas Mosse
30 locals recommend
Kilkenny's most famous pottery, where you can see potters at work at certain times, and find a memento of Kilkenny to bring home.
Six generations of the Cushen family have been crafting exceptional textiles on the site of an 800-year-old woollen mill in south Kilkenny. You can buy beautiful handmade throws, scarves and wool.
7 locals recommend
Cushendale Woollen Mills Ltd.
Mill Road
7 locals recommend
Six generations of the Cushen family have been crafting exceptional textiles on the site of an 800-year-old woollen mill in south Kilkenny. You can buy beautiful handmade throws, scarves and wool.

Essentials

Fuel and basic groceries
Deli, petrol station and basic groceries
Lynchs Mace Freshford
Kilkenny Street
Deli, petrol station and basic groceries
Grocery store en route from Dublin
SuperValu
Main Street
Grocery store en route from Dublin
Grocery store en route from Dublin or Cork
Centra Urlingford
Main Street
Grocery store en route from Dublin or Cork
Woodsgift Service Station Closest shop for petrol and basic groceries
Woodsgift
Woodsgift Service Station Closest shop for petrol and basic groceries

Getting Around

Train and bus station. Less frequent trains than Thurles. www.irishrail.ie
Kilkenny MacDonagh station
Train and bus station. Less frequent trains than Thurles. www.irishrail.ie
Guided and self-guide bicycle tours
9 locals recommend
Kilkenny Cycling Tours, Bike Hire
16 John Street Lower
9 locals recommend
Guided and self-guide bicycle tours
Train station with hourly trains to Dublin and Cork most days. www.irishrail.ie
Thurles Railway Station
Railway Road
Train station with hourly trains to Dublin and Cork most days. www.irishrail.ie