Kilkenny is a 3 1/2 hour bus/train ride from Drogheda, going through Dublin. Kikenny is an old medieval crafts town. There are so many things to see.

Kilkenny is the Ireland of many visitors' imaginations. Built from dark-grey limestone flecked with fossil seashells, Kilkenny (from the Gaelic 'Cill Chainnigh', meaning the Church of St Canice) is also known as 'the marble city'. Its picturesque 'Medieval Mile' of narrow lanes and historic buildings strung between castle and cathedral

The Kilkenny City Hostel has dorm rooms for $17 a night in a central location.

Things to do in town include

Kilkenny Castle,

Catholic cathedral & 9th-century tower. 13th-century Catholic cathedral, plus a 121-step, 9th-century round tower with panoramic city views.

Rothe House

Stately Tudor merchant's home & museum. Restored 1594 house, garden and museum with a notable timber ceiling, home to a genealogy centre.

Black Abbey

14th-century, Dominican place of worship. 14th-century Dominican church and priory featuring a huge, original stained-glass east window.

St. Mary’s Medieval Mile Museum

Interactive museum in a converted church. Museum in a 13th-century church & graveyard featuring medieval sculpture & Renaissance-era tombs.

mithwick's Experience Kilkenny

Popular tour at an 18th-century brewery. Interactive guided tour at an 18th-century brewery including tastings & a gift shop.

St Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny

Stately 19th-century Catholic church. Completed in 1857, this grand cathedral on the town's most elevated point offers Catholic services.

National Design & Craft Gallery

Gallery with contemporary crafts. Established in 2000, this gallery displays contemporary crafts by Irish & international artists.

The Tholsel, Kilkenny

City hall in an 18th-century toll house. Former toll house with a columned arcade, built in 1761 & today serving as the town's city hall.

Maudlin Castle

Iconic, medieval tower house. Part of a 16th-century hospital, this surviving 25-m. tower house includes an informational plaque.

Talbot's Tower

Striking ruins of a medieval tower. Commanding archaeological site featuring the imposing remains of a soaring medieval town wall.

Dunmore Cave

Limestone caves & archaeological finds. Striking calcite formations adorn this cave system that was the site of a Viking massacre in 928AD.

Black Freren Gate

Remains of a 1200s Norman city gate. Remains of a medieval Norman-era gate from the city's original 13th-century walls.

Jerpoint Abbey. Ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey. Notable for its stone carvings, this Cistercian abbey was built in 1180 & offers a visitor centre.

Burnchurch Castle

Burnchurch Castle, a National Monument, is a well-preserved 15th century Norman tower house with a round gate tower, situated in County Kilkenny, Ireland. 

Jenkinstown Wood And Walled Garden Walk

Garden and park