Kilkenny is Irelands medieval city where its medieval heritage is evident in the city's treasure trove of historical buildings and landmarks.
Landmarks such as Kilkenny's majestic Castle, St.Canices Cathedral, its numerous 17th-century passageways, rows of old-fashioned shopfronts and centuries-old pubs with traditional live music. Explore Kilkenny today with KilkennyCityOnline, your #1 guide to Kilkenny City & County.
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The Butler family handed Kilkenny Castle over to the people of Kilkenny in 1967 – for £50!
Gulliver's Travels author, Jonathan Swift, attended Kilkenny College in the late 17th century, and a building at the college was named after him in 2007. Swift's fellow students included playwright William Congreve and the philosopher George Berkeley – after whom California’s Berkeley College is named.
The population of County Kilkenny is 95,419 according to the 2011 census ... plus an undisclosed number of Kilkenny cats.As of 2011, Kilkenny had played a total of 371 championship games, winning 265, drawing 16 and losing 90. They had played Dublin the most times(82) .
Kilkenny is 117 kilometres (73 mi) away the capital Dublin and 48 kilometres (30 mi) north from the nearest city Waterford. Wexford is 80 kilometres (50 mi) to the south-east and Limerick is 122 kilometres (76 mi) to the west.
St Canice's Cathedral, also known as Kilkenny Cathedral, present building dates from the 13th century and is the second longest cathedral in Ireland. The Cathedral is named after Saint Canice, who also gave his name to the city.
A new festival in May will celebrate Johnstown’s 250th anniversary.
Funding’s been approved for a festival in the North KIlkenny town on the 24th of May.
Yulefest Kilkenny Christmas festival returns to celebrate its fourth year and in 2019 is offering a bumper six week festival running from 22nd November 2019 to 6th January 2020.
