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Springhill, Co. Kilkenny

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Host to arguably Europe's best comedy festival and one of Irelands oldest Arts festivals, Kilkenny provides a choice of entertainment to suit all tastes.

Night Life in Kilkenny is second to none with some of Irelands top pubs and clubs and an 'atmosphere' which makes Kilkenny one of Irelands most popular week end destination.

In the South there is Licketstown, the world-renowned Famine Village on the River Suir. Thomastown is home to Jerpoint Abbey, while in Callan the birthplace of Edmund Ignatius Rice, founder of the Christian Brothers can be found. Kilkenny's great hurling tradition is celebrated at the Lowry Meagher Heritage Center in Tullarone. Then there is the famous Dunmore Caves outside Kilkenny City.

Kilkenny is a great sporting County. While hurling is the premier sport, there is also horseracing, golf, fishing, and many other sporting activities. Mount Juliet's Golf Course just outside Thomastown is the most beautiful in the country.

• Callan Golf Club

  Geraldine, Callan, Co. Kilkenny

  18 hole parkland course.

  • Tel: +353 (0)56 25136
  • Email: info@callangolfclub.com

• Castlecomer Golf Club

  Co. Kilkenny

  18 holes, tree lined and contains some good fast and contoured greens.

• Kilkenny Golf Club

  Co. Kilkenny

  18 hole championship course, set on 125 acres of parkland, mostly flat with an abundance of trees.

• Mount Juliet Golf Club

  Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny

  This Jack Nicklaus designed course has hosted the Irish Open Golf Championship.

  • Tel: +353 (0)56 73000
  • Email: info@mountjuliet.ie

• Mountain View Golf Club

  Kiltorcan, Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny

  Just 12 miles from Kilkenny city and 14 miles from Waterford City.

  • Tel: +353 (0)56 68122
  • Email: info@mviewgolf.com           

Heritage Sites

• Dunmore Cave - Ballyfoyle

  History and geology blend at Dunmore Cave to give an interesting and unique situation. Consisting of a series of chambers formed over millions of years, the cave contains some of the finest calcite formations found in any Irish cave. The cave has been known to man for many centuries and is first mentioned in the 9th century Irish Triads. The most interesting reference however, comes from the Annals which tells of a Viking massacre at the cave in the year 928 A.D.. Exhibitions and displays in the Visitor Centre. The cave is inaccessible for wheelchair users
• Jerpoint Abbey Thomastown - Kilkenny

  An outstanding Cistercian abbey founded in the second half of the 12th century. The church with its Romanesque details dates from this period. In the transept chapels the visitor can see 13th - 16th century tomb sculpture. The tower and cloister date from the 15th century. The chief delight of the Abbey is the sculptured cloister arcade with unique carvings. The Visitor Centre houses an interesting exhibition.
• Kilkenny Castle - Kilkenny

  A 12th century castle remodelled in Victorian times and set in extensive parklands which was the principal seat of the Butler family, Marquesses and Dukes of Ormonde. Due to major restoration works, the central block now includes a library, drawing room, and bedrooms decorated in 1830s splendour as well as the beautiful Long Gallery. The old Castle kitchen operates as a tea room during the summer. A suite of former servants' rooms is the Butler Art Gallery, which mounts frequently changing exhibitions of contemporary art.
• St. Mary's Church - Gowran

  This collegiate church, was built in the late 13th century on the site of an earlier monastery. It was served by a "college" - clerics who lived in a community but who did not submit to the rule of a monastery. They lived in a house, now destroyed, beside the church. The church was a large and elaborate structure, with an aisled nave (the main part of the church where the congregation sat) and a long chancel (the section of the church where the altar was placed) and has high quality architectural sculpture used throughout. In the late middle ages a massive tower was inserted between the nave and chancel, and in the 19th century this tower was incorporated into the parish church which was built in place of the chancel and which now takes up about half of the building. There were also several other changes made to the church at various periods