{"id":18614,"date":"2019-06-11T00:32:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T14:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=18614"},"modified":"2022-04-24T12:20:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T02:20:06","slug":"county-kilkenny-ireland-%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%aa-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=18614","title":{"rendered":"County Kilkenny, Ireland \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 9th June 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 0 kilometres still in Kilkenny<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Kilkenny, County of Kilkenny <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: John\u2019s Green car-park, \u20ac2 pd, free Sunday. N52.65565, W07.25848<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 7 days @ \u20ac101 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feeling not too dusty after our evening at Tynan\u2019s Pub we look forward to a day exploring Kilkenny. Cannot say our night in the John\u2019s Green car-park was the quietest, but other that a few cars leaving in the early hours we managed a good sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map of Kilkenny, the icon showing John\u2019s Green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s Sunday morning so most things open a little later than usual, including the tourist office. We wander down when it opens and get a free map and some hints. As the cathedral doesn\u2019t open until 1pm today we decide on a tour of Kilkenny Castle (\u20ac6pp). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Taking the scenic walk along the River Nore, the castle in centre frame.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The castle entrance, the original Anglo-Norman castle was built over a timber fortress in circa 1150-1200<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Dining Room.
The castle was the seat of the Marquess of Ormonde from Elizabethan times until 1967. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Library.
By 1967 the castle was apparently in need of a major renovation when it was transferred to the Office of Public works.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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No shortage of chimneys.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The lovely views of the ground from every window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Picture Gallery Wing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking down on the castle\u2019s rose garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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From the rose garden looking back up at the west wing of the castle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We decide to wander back to the Hymer for lunch (Tescos Moroccan Chicken Soup) and and some R+R before the afternoon exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Over the River Nore we turn right up Kiernan\u2019s Street and the Medieval Mile. Like much of Kilkenny it\u2019s lined with pubs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Our first stop is St Canice\u2019s Cathedral, circa 1200 and tower. Entrance to cathedral and tower is \u20ac6.50pp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Butler Family are buried here and there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The High Alter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Climbing the cathedral\u2019s 100\u2019 tower is our next challenge. These towers are an Irish thing and date back about a thousand years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking back down ! Obviously the higher you climb the steeper and narrower the steps.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Panorama from the top of the tower. It\u2019s cold and windy up here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From St Canice\u2019s we follow our map back to the Black Abbey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Black Abbey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Read about for yourself<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Behind the alter an amazing lead-light window but the iPhone couldn\u2019t do it justice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The window behind the narthex is more traditional.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We have had enough church\u2019s for today, so we walk back to the Hymer via the supermarket for bread. The weather is changing every 10 minutes rather than every half hour as it was earlier in the day, so we scurry back to the Hymer. The car-park empties out quickly after 6 and it looks like a quiet night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael and Pam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Date: 9th June 2019 Travelled: 0 kilometres still in Kilkenny Visited: Kilkenny, County of Kilkenny Stayed: John\u2019s Green car-park, \u20ac2 pd, free Sunday. N52.65565, W07.25848 Budget: 7 days @ \u20ac101 per day Feeling not too dusty after our evening at Tynan\u2019s Pub we look forward to a day exploring Kilkenny. Cannot say our night in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":18615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[88],"class_list":{"0":"post-18614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-castles","9":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18614"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23033,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18614\/revisions\/23033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}