User:Mrchris/Tourism in County Kilkenny


 * Kilkenny
 * Jerpoint Abbey near Thomastown
 * Kells Priory at Kells
 * Kilkenny City - one of Ireland's most exemplary medieval cities
 * Kilkenny Castle - meeting place of the Confederate Ireland government in the 1640s.
 * Rothe House
 * St Canice's Cathedral
 * St Mary's Cathedral

Kilkenny's rich history can be traced through its many historical buildings and sites. In County Kilkenny Jerpoint Abbey near Thomastown, Kells Priory at Kells. Kilkenny City including St Canice's Cathedral and St Mary's Cathedral, Rothe House and Kilkenny Castle. Other sites such as the The Black Abbey, and Tullaherin Church and Round Tower.

More recent heritage sites include Woodstock gardens and house, Kilkenny Castle and the Lory Meagher Heritage Centre. Castlecomer Discovery Park comprises 30 hectares of mixed woodland 20kms North of Kilkenny city on the main N78 road. Dunmore Cave is a limestone cave in Ballyfoyle which consists of a series of chambers formed over millions of years.

Jenkinstown Park is about 10 km north of the town of Kilkenny and 11 km south of Castlecomer off the N78 road. Facilities include a picnic site, forest walks, and a deer park. A small garden to commemorate Thomas Moore's association with the house has been laid down on the site of the old house. Walks of 1 to 3 km are available through a mixed broadleaf and conifer plantation.

Visit to Jerpoint Park and Newtown Jerpoint. Kells Mills is restored and open to the public, known as Mullins Mill it features a Mill Museum. It is one of the 16 mills which were in operation on a 5-mile stretch of the Kings River.

Three High Crosses - overlooking the Suir Valley they are all that remain of the monastery of Kilkieran and date from the 9th century. Near Knocktopher/Newmarket is Gairdin An Ghorta a commemorative garden for the victims of the famine.