- Kilkenny Castle is a castle in the town of Kilkenny, in County Kilkenny. It was built by Strongbow in 1195 to control a fording-point of the River Nore and the junction of several...
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- In 1391, the distinguished Butler family purchased Kilkenny Castle and the various Earls, Marquesses and Dukes lived in the castle for nearly 600 years.
- Kilkenny Castle stands proud and dramatically on a strategic height that commands a crossing on the River Nore and dominates the ‘High Town’ of Kilkenny City.
- For a few decades the Castle was neglected. In 1967 Arthur Butler sold the Castle to the people of Kilkenny for a symbolic sum of 50 euros.
- The historic Kilkenny Castle was named among the ten "most fairytale-esque" in the world by Architectural Digest.
- Kilkenny romantic tour invites you to explore the city’s most romantic sites, from the historic halls of Kilkenny Castle to the mystical paths of Butterslip.
- It was only in 1967 that Arthur Butler, 24th Earl of Ormond, turned it over to the people of Kilkenny when he ‘sold’ it to a Castle Restoration Committee for £50.
- Kilkenny Castle has been an important site since Strongbow constructed the first building here, a wooden tower in the 12th century.