- To accommodate Sensory Friendly Tour Tuesday 2nd April, General Admission to Kilkenny Castle will exceptionally start at 10am.
- Kilkenny Castle (Irish: Caisleán Chill Chainnigh. pronounced [ˈkaʃlʲaːnˠˈçiːlʲˈxanʲiː]) is a castle in Kilkenny, Ireland, built in 1260 to control a fording-point of the River Nore...
- In about 1209, he started to rebuild Kilkenny Castle where the wooden castle had once stood (it had since been burned to the ground).
- Kilkenny Castle as we see it today was built by William Marshall, the Earl of Pembroke and construction was started in 1195.
- Kilkenny Castle is open all year round and is largely a Victorian remodelling of the thirteenth century defensive castle furnished with the family paintings and...
- Today, Kilkenny Castle is open to visitors all year round and is largely a Victorian remodelling of the thirteenth century defensive Castle.
- As one of the longest inhabited buildings on the island of Ireland, Kilkenny Castle has quite a story to tell.
- Founded in 1195 to control a ford over the River Nore, Kilkenny Castle and property were transferred to the citizens of Kilkenny in 1967 for 50 pounds.
- Many castles switch hands countless times over the years, but the Butlers managed to keep hold of Kilkenny Castle right up until 1967.
- The castle transferred ownership to the people of Kilkenny in 1967 for it to be restored again and opened as a tourist attraction.
- Today, Kilkenny Castle is open to visitors all year round and is largely a Victorian remodelling of the thirteenth century defensive Castle.
- Today, Kilkenny Castle is open to visitors all year round and is largely a Victorian remodeling of the thirteenth-century defensive Castle.
- Apart form this short period the Butlers remained in residence at Kilkenny Castle until 1936, almost 600 years, and finally relinquished ownership when the 24th...
