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About Kilkenny
Festivals
Arts, Craft & Heritage
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Butler Gallery
Watergate Theatre
Craft Council of Ireland
Heritage Council
Jerpoint Glass
Nicholas Mosse Pottery
Art Links
Rothe House
Barnstorm Theatre Company
Castlecomer Discovery Park
Castlecomer Estate Yard
Business in Kilkenny
Shopping
Kilkenny boasts superb, high quality city-centre shopping through quaint, narrow streets, in addition to the latest modern shopping centres.
A huge proportion of Kilkenny's retailers are independent traders and craftspeople, offering high quality products with a warm, personal and friendly service, eg.
Attractions
Kilkenny is one of the most attractive cities in Ireland. Along with providing a high level of social, artistic and sporting activities, it is redolent of history and in the 17th Century was a centre of government. Kilkenny offers a unique selection of historic sites, giving the city and county the title of Medieval Capital of Ireland.
Side-by-side with the historic is the burgeoning and vibrant artistic and social life of Kilkenny. Home to more than 20 annual festivals, a hugely productive and popular art/craft trail and a lively music scene, the contemporary fits just as well as the historic in the fabric of Kilkenny life.
A wide range of sporting and leisure amenities is available in Kilkenny including golf, angling, canoeing, clay target shooting, flying and gliding, squash, horse riding and racing, greyhound racing, soccer, rugby, Gaelic football and of course hurling.
Location
Planning your event at The Hub, Kilkenny offers a welcome break from the urban stresses of the capital city while being within easy reach of airports in Dublin, Cork and Waterford and only a short journey from some of the most beautiful countryside and beaches in the world.
Kilkenny is situated…
By road
Within a two-hour drive of Dublin Airport and Shannon Airport.
Within a 60-minute drive of Waterford Airport (flights servicing London (Luton) and Manchester)
55-minute drive to six counties
On the main Dublin-Waterford/Cork route, shortly to be upgraded to a motorway, increasing ease of access to Kilkenny and particularly to The Hub at Cillín Hill, given its location along this route.
By rail
On main Dublin-Waterford line, six trains per day, both directions
