Ireland
Kilkenny

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    • Day 5

      Kilkenny Castle

      July 11, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F

      Kilkenny Castle was right behind us. We could see the Castle from mom's room. It was very impressive. There were some old tapestries from over 600 years ago! Beautiful! Highly recommend this castle. We had OPW Heritage cards, so it was free to enter.
      There were a ton of artisans with stores in the old horse stables. They were true craftsman. Leather, silver and candles. Oh! And pottery. We really loved it, and were going to get stuff, but then decided to wait.
      Another cool thing about this area was that our hotel is part of the grounds, so we literally walked out our back door, down a gravel path to the castle.
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    • Day 5

      Left Bank

      July 11, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F

      This is a touristy place that is a must! Delish. The bathrooms were 3 stories up. Yikes! The fans were all connected on a pulley system original to the building.
      Also, please enjoy mom's recreation of the painting behind her.Read more

    • Day 5

      Kilkenny Shenanigans

      July 11, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F

      We had a blast in this town. One of the great memories was my desire to find the walled city. We were actually already there! Bwhaha! The video says it all!
      I was able to attend my very first book signing! Grabbed a book as a gift. So cool.
      We walked 12, 663 steps on July 11th!
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    • Day 9

      Kilkenny

      September 7, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

      1st stop this morning was in Kilkenny. We checked out the castle grounds and learned about Irish history and culture. A lot of Irish limericks have come out of Kilkenny. Here is one that we wrote for the tour group:

      “On the "Britain and Irish Delight" bus,
      Canadians, Yanks, and Aussies, no fuss,
      With Gino, our guide,
      We laughed and we cried,
      As we toured, making memories with a plus!”
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    • Day 15

      Last day in Ireland

      May 1 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      Early morning May Day run in to the town and back, shower then whilst eating brekkie we watched the ravens and robins coming down very close to the van to eat the bread I had put out for them. Very delightful.
      We drove in to the town to visit Kilkenny castle. Nice change to see a castle that isn’t derelict. Although it’s over 800 years old, it has been restored to a Victorian period. Started to walk the grounds but it started to rain so we left and wandered the high street picking up a tshirt souvenir from the pub we’d been to the night before then headed onwards slowly weaving our way back to Dublin.
      We picked a route that went through the Wicklow Mountains, the road is an old military road that takes you through a vast rural, wilderness of scrubland where ever you look you can’t see anything man made (apart from the road). It was amazing and yet another diverse scenery and experience. We eventually arrived at the south of Dublin at a sandy cove, a lovely scenic end of Dublin where lots of locals were swimming. There’s an area called Forty Foot (no one knows why) but it’s a 250 year old swimming/changing point into the clear waters of the Irish Sea. We didn’t dip this time but maybe another day… was quite busy especially as it was sunny again - did I say how very lucky we’ve been?! We even saw an elderly man walk out of his house across the road to the cove in just his swimmers, goggles and hat! Good for him. As we were walking we also spotted some seals in the sea and a heron wading in the shallow waters.
      We walked up to the high street in my last search of oysters/Guinness. Been keeping an eye all round the island but not had the opportunity, Dublin is usually good for these. Found a lovely restaurant doing the oysters so was very happy though no Tabasco sauce, shame. They were great though plus we also ate dinner there too. Was a lovely last meal in Ireland.
      We drove on to our stopover where we had stayed when we first arrived. Another campervan pulled up next to us so we chatted to them for a bit. They are from Denmark or Norway, we couldn’t work out but they are taking a year or so out to travel Europe. They’d already done (wet) Cornwall for a month and planning on doing Ireland for a month then back around Britain before heading in to mainland Europe. Sounds brilliant.
      Watched the last episode of MAFS, last bit of drama in our lives then to bed listening to the rain.
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    • Day 1

      Kilkeny

      September 11, 2017 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

      Streets of Kilkeny. We parked and walked to the Castle. The cafes with outside seating had blankets on the chairs to use. Found some charity shops, no treasures yet. Us at a pub. The umbrellas were an entrance to an outside mall. It made me smile! :)Read more

    • Day 13

      Cork and Kilkenny - tail end

      November 19, 2019 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C

      Spent a lovely one nighter in Cork, checking out a cool brewery and getting some McD's in the evening before walking home through the University. Today, stopped at Waterford on the way to Kilkenny and did a tour of the Waterford crystal plant there - very cool stuff. The level of detail and craftsmanship is not to be understated.

      We checked into our Kilkenny hotel at a good time and went to find an early dinner - very cute Italian place. On the docket is being lazy tomorrow and checking out the Smithwick's brewery tomorrow. Thursday morning, we head to Dublin for our final night - excited because we have a reservation at the Greenhouse, a 2 Michelin starred restaurant, on Thursday evening!
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    • Day 15

      Cardiff, Wales

      November 16, 2019 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

      Stayed at St Christopher's Nosda Hostel, mixed form first night, quite uncomfortable at first but was ok. Changed to female dorm next day. Met Bill, roomie, Alex, we went for a great walk and met a million dogs, great guy! Had heaps of chats and beers with Alex, will be life long friends 😊 Went for lots of walks by myself, saw Xmas markets, awesome record stores! Fabulous bike ride to Caerphilly Castle, met black and white cat in cemetery. Good last night, do a p t through my alarm at 3.30a.m, lucky for Bill! Oh and I met Sth African Lisa, would have loved her to stay longer! 🥰Read more

    • Day 10

      Sorry we are closed

      March 13, 2020 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

      DAS Virus ist auch in Irland angekommen. Am Vortag lasen wir in der Zeitung, dass es den ersten Todesfall gab, der dem Coronavirus zugeschrieben wurde. Der Kassierer im Laden berichtete, dass ab Montag Kindergärten, Schulen und Universitäten aller Art auf unabsehbare Zeit geschlossen werden. Als wir gegen Mittag in unserer neuen Unterkunft in Kilkenny ankamen, gab uns ein Mitarbeiter des Hostels deutlich zu verstehen, dass wir zu einer sehr schlechten Zeit gekommen waren. Er holte einen Stadtplan, um uns die Sehenswürdigkeiten zu zeigen. Während er diese einkringelte murmelte er jedes Mal: „Closed“. Sein Hostel wird auch er die kommenden Tage schließen. Wir gehören wohl zu den letzten Gästen, die er noch aufgenommen hat. Die öffentlichen Orte und die Clubs der Stadt sollen wir meiden. Am besten verlassen wir gar nicht erst das Haus zu dieser schlimmen Zeit. Später im Supermarkt sind die Regale für Nudeln, Reis, Seife und nicht zu vergessen: Klopapier leer gehamstert. Es gibt Beschränkungen dafür, wie viele Artikel pro Person gekauft werden dürfen. In jedem Laden steht ein Spender mit Desinfektionsmittel und der Bitte, dass man sich doch die Hände desinfiziert, bevor man den Laden betritt. Komische Blicke der Verkäufer folgen, wenn man der Bitte nicht Folge leistet. Die Tester von Beautyartikeln räumt eine Angestellte gerade von den Regalen. Als wir uns später im Hostel unser Abendessen kochen wollen, fängt uns ein anderer Mitarbeiter des Hostels ab. In seiner Hand eine Packung Flüssigseife. Er fragt uns ohne jegliches Vorgeplänkel wie: „Willkommen in Kilkenny“, „Wie geht’s euch?“, ganz direkt, was wir von dem Coronavirus halten. Ich stehe völlig perplex da, aber Vanessa rettet die Situation und redet von Hygienestandards und davon, dass es in Deutschland kaum Fälle gab, als wir mit unserer Reise starteten, um die merkbare Angst des Personals zu vermindern. Er diskutierte eine Weile mit Vanessa und zum Schluss bat er uns, so oft wie möglich unsere Hände zu waschen und persönlichen Kontakt mit anderen zu meiden. Ich erhielt eine E-Mail unserer nächsten Unterkunft. Der Inhalt besagte, dass es Einschränkungen der Personenanzahl in den Gemeinschaftsbereichen und an der Rezeption geben wird und dass Desinfektionsmittel in allen Räumen zur Verfügung steht und genutzt werden soll. Wir sind dazu verpflichtet mit dem Klopapier sparsam umzugehen, denn es muss für kommende Zeiten gehortet werden. Unser persönlicher Favorit: Ein Restaurant in Kilkenny hat aufgrund von Corona die Sitzplatzsituation so umgeändert, dass zwischen den Gästen mindestens einen Meter Abstand ist…Read more

    • Day 11

      Kilkenny Castle

      August 17, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

      In mattinata visitiamo il castello medievale di Kilkenny, realizzato lungo il fiume Nore. All'esterno il suo bellissimo giardino delle rose ed il curatissimo parco. Ci dedichiamo circa un'oretta perchè purtroppo è arrivato il momento di chiudere il cerchio dirigendoci verso Dublino.Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Kilkenny, Килкени, Cill Chainnigh, Keeill Chennee, KKY, キルケニー, Килкенни, 킬케니, Canicopolis, Kilkenis

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