Kilkenny Castle
Kilkenny Castle is a castle in Kilkenny. A visit can take in a café, guided tours and gardens. Add Saint Marys Cathedral, 600 m away, to a visit.
Castle in Kilkenny
One of the best-known places to visit in Ireland
#22 of the 1,783 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered. About ↓
Inside Kilkenny
Kilkenny Castle is inside Kilkenny’s urban area. Towns near it ↓
Written from Fáilte Ireland’s open data, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and the CSO’s 2022 town outlines, with Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
Choosing a month
June to September are the warmest in Kilkenny, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C.
Kilkenny Castle
It has articles in 20 Wikipedias. County Kilkenny is where it stands.
- Type
- Castle
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 20 languages
- Town
- in Kilkenny
- Official site
- kilkennycastle.ie
Practical information
Where it sits
The orange dot is Kilkenny Castle; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Kilkenny’s urban area. · CSO 2022 outline
Nearby towns
With 27,184 people, Kilkenny is the largest of the 8. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Kilkenny
Bennettsbridge
Kells
Gowran
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Kilkenny Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilkenny | It’s in town | 27,184 | 22 |
| Bennettsbridge | 8.1 km southeast of it | 664 | 3 |
| Kells | 12 km south of it | 291 | 5 |
| Gowran | 13 km east of it | 847 | 2 |
| Stoneyford | 13 km south of it | 185 | 6 |
| Freshford | 14 km northwest of it | 593 | 2 |
| Callan | 15 km southwest of it | 2,678 | 1 |
| Thomastown | 15 km southeast of it | 2,305 | 7 |
While you are near Kilkenny Castle
There are 3 museums, a cathedral and an abbey or priory within 15 km, and more besides.
CathedralSaint Marys Cathedral600 m away2
MuseumRothe House & Garden600 m away3
Abbey or priorySt Johns Priory400 m away4
MuseumMedieval Mile Museum300 m away5MuseumMuseumButler Gallery400 m away6CastleCastleGrace's Old Castle600 m away7GardenGardenKilkenny Castle Parkland400 m away8Art galleryArt galleryGeraldine Walsh Art100 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Kilkenny Castle: what to know
Where is Kilkenny Castle?
Kilkenny Castle is in Kilkenny, Kilkenny, inside the town’s urban area.
What is Kilkenny Castle?
Castle in Kilkenny, Ireland.
How well known is Kilkenny Castle?
Kilkenny Castle has 20 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #22 of the 1,783 Irish places we list.
When is the best time to visit Kilkenny Castle?
June to September are the warmest months in Kilkenny, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Kilkenny Castle?
Within 15 km: Saint Marys Cathedral (600 m), Rothe House & Garden (600 m), St Johns Priory (400 m) and Medieval Mile Museum (300 m).
Sources: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), CSO 2022 town outlines (CC BY 4.0), Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages (CC BY 4.0).
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Kilkenny Castle: Tolivero~commonswiki, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Marys Cathedral: Stevage, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Rothe House & Garden: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Johns Priory: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Medieval Mile Museum: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).