Name your 3 favorite things about Kilkenny?

KatCookie

Name your favourites
Or your least favourites??



Personally i like

• all the Bistros on Kierans Street (.. mmm steamies!)
• the Park (sometimes)
• and the Shops.. like Pennys

i hate the traffic and all the tourists there lately.. (no offence to the tourists but it annoys me when they ask you for directions to Rothe House.. and Rothe House is right infront of them and they've been standing outside it for 10 minutes looking for it...)

So what are yours??

Deliverance XXV

Positives
1. Hurling team and it's history.
2. History of Kilkenny in general.
3. ... help me out here people...

Negatives
1. Nightlife.
2. Lack of third level institutions/ poor selection of courses etc.
3. Soccer team.

KatCookie

Thats another thing i dislike about kilkenny..
being a tipp gal but got all my education in kilkenny, im sick up to the teeth about hearing what matches have been won..
imagine my childhood... all i grew up hearing was how good kilkenny is ...dj carey.... hurling... etc etc
althought it hurts to say it.. i suppose credit where credit's due...

dodgerkk

3 things I like:

* the cat laughs festival and the buzz it brings to the place
* the castle
* the size - it's not too big and it's not too small, just right!

3 things I dislike:

* hen and stag parties ruining my Saturday nights
* bad drivers (kilkenny seems to have more bad drivers than the rest of the country
* lack of 3d level education and the extra businesses that would bring

Plug

I literally do not like one thing from Kilkenny:(

Lump

Move then.....

odin_ie

*The Park
*The Cat Laughs
*The Athmosphere

Nightwish

Pro's
*The Cat Laughs
*The fact you can walk almost anywhere
*The Park

Cons
*Nightlife and the associated riffraff (stags and hens etc)
*Lack of industry & business
*Incredibly poor transport links

MsFifers

1. The beautiful medieval buildings & walls & little streets
2. Walking in Castle Park and along by the Canal
3. Exhibitions at the Butler Gallery and in the Craft Galleries

Glydeside white

I visited on holiday three years ago and i think its a great wee town.


Pros. 1. Paris texas restaurant.
2. that shopping centre, market cross or something??
3. Friendlyness, like dundalk is pretty friendly but i couldnt get over kilkenny.

Cons. Lack of night clubs
Thats all tbh

mymo

love... the pantry(great staff and good food, not bad prices either)
... shops are great more small shops than most towns it's size .... and the castle and it's park.

don't like ..... lack of public transport around town especially to St Luke's and there's loads of estates now just a bit to far out. I'd happily pay couple of euro's for bus to avoid traffic. .... Late night drunken idiots wrecking stuff for fun ... Traffic jams I don't live in town but I'm in town sometimes 3 days a week, often takes 10 mins to get out to roundabout.
That said it's still a great place!

ergonomics

Like
The Castle Park
Places like Inistioge, Jenkinstown, or any of the many parks around the place
Being able to walk most places in the city

Dislike
The feeling that everyone knows my business
Slow tourists/foreign students
The nightlife

highgiant1985

my 3 favourite things are
Cat Laughs
tennis club
the weather at the mo
and if i got a 4th cookies... the op made me hungry

my least fav things are
public transport
NO TESCOS!!!
bowling alley still not open yet

highgiant1985

Plug wrote: »

I literally do not like one thing from Kilkenny:(

the fact that its so bad it makes you appreciate other places more? :P

Firetrap

Like
The compact size of the city
The lovely old buildings
Some nice shops for buying presents 'n stuff

Dislike
The nightlife. Hate the stags/hens and the noisy overcrowded bars
The horrendous infrastructure
The closed-minded powers that be that won't let the likes of Tesco into Kilkenny.

smellybiker

1. I love the way you can walk down the street and you're guaranteed to meet someone you know!
2. The Cat Laughs - fantastic
3. The cobbled footpaths - brings right character to the place

BeatNikDub

Likes:

Rothe House
Jenkinstown & Initioge
Cafe Sol

Dislikes:

No public transport
Crap nightlife
Lack of forward thinkers!

KatCookie

BeatNikDub wrote: »

Lack of forward thinkers!

+1:D

Purry Cat

"Crap nightlife"??? I thought one of the things about Kilkenny was that the nightlife was, if anything, too good.

Carroller16

The road out of it.

Purry Cat

Ah, the wit! Idiot.

Doffaldinho

Likes:

Football Leagues, Easy to join into and great fun.
Most things in walking distance
Thats it not much to like

Dislikes:

Dole Office at the far side of town
The D.S as they only want to rub your backside
Kilkenny Employment For Youth, They just lie to everyone in there and don't really help.

Threadhead

Me Likes

- The Festivals during the summer
- The fact that everywhere is in such quick reach
- The older buildings and general layout of the place.

Dislikes

- The early closing times and general, lack of options past 12.30 at any part of the city.
- The fact that Supermacs and all the dirty shams it attracts sits across from the Town Hall.
- The lack of life in the town from September to April. Bring on 3rd level education.

just-wonderin

things i like
1, castle park
2, the narrow streets
3, arts festival and the others

things i dislike
1, lack of public transport (1 bus:mad:)
2, backward thinking county council
3, mc donagh junction where is the bowling alley :mad:

Nightwish

just-wonderin wrote: »

1, lack of public transport (1 bus:mad:)

And the guy who drives it is a lunatic

I would like to add to my dislikes that people here do not know how to use roundabouts.

baby bear

likes
-the tearooms
-the size of it
-the night life

dislikes
-everyone seems to know u
-the traffic
-the shops

brettmirl

Nightwish wrote: »

I would like to add to my dislikes that people here do not know how to use roundabouts.

That's not limited to Kilkenny.

I remember when I was learning to drive, the person giving me the lessons started off by saying:

Rule No. 1: Never trust ANYONE on a roundabout.

How right they were!

Nightwish

Oh I know! I was just feeling particularly angry after nearly being killed on the Dublin road roundabout for the 3rd time this week.

Stephen

That roundabout really pisses me off since the new ring road was opened. Now if you're coming from the Hebron road roundabout to the Dublin Road one, sitting in the left lane trying to continue on towards Loughboy, there is ALWAYS some bastard in a van on the right lane that skips the queue and tries to force his way off the roundabout through you :mad:

cuyahoga

Likes:

- the view down the river from Greens bridge
- drinking coffee in the Mocha cafe, William St.
- the way strangers say hello to you

Dislikes

- not enough pedestrianised streets
- Hardly any shops open late on a Thursday
- No market in centre of town on a Saturday

KatCookie

cuyahoga wrote: »

Likes:

- the view down the river from Greens bridge
- drinking coffee in the Mocha cafe, William St.
- the way strangers say hello to you

Dislikes

- not enough pedestrianised streets
- Hardly any shops open late on a Thursday
- No market in centre of town on a Saturday

It used to be that there was late shopping on both Thursdays and fridays.. tis gone now...
except for Dunnes!!:p

mick_irl wrote: »

That's not limited to Kilkenny.

I remember when I was learning to drive, the person giving me the lessons started off by saying:

Rule No. 1: Never trust ANYONE on a roundabout.

How right they were!

Dang, i thought you were gonna say that your instuctor was a person from Kilkenny and the first thing he said to you was that he cudnt do roundabouts either!!!

ergonomics

I'm pretty sure late opening will come back in the next couple of weeks with the summer months. I know for certain that a couple of shops have started opening late again.

KatCookie

ergonomics wrote: »

I'm pretty sure late opening will come back in the next couple of weeks with the summer months. I know for certain that a couple of shops have started opening late again.

YAY! .. except for the fact that im never in town during the summer!!!!

cuyahoga

ergonomics wrote: »

I'm pretty sure late opening will come back in the next couple of weeks with the summer months. I know for certain that a couple of shops have started opening late again.

Great, I will have to check it out again!

Briandamage

Good:
- The festivals... Cat Laughs, Arts Fest, Rhythm & Roots.
- The Pumphouse (especially the Barflies on Sunday nights), Ryan's, Anna Conda, Cleeres (The only places you ever get good music)
- The bus to Dublin...

Bad:
- No club with good music. We used to have the Zoo years ago but it's all ****e boy-racer music now. The rest are a horribly outdated cheesy nightmare.
- John Street and the thugs who infest it.
- F*ck-all happens outside of the summer months.

KatCookie

Briandamage wrote: »

Good:
- The bus to Dublin...
quote]
Thats good?:eek::eek:
Is the bus good?
or is it the fact that you are leaving Kilkenny?

*melanie*

1- the festivals are fab,always something to do!
2- veiw of the river at the bridge on a sunny day{or rainy for that matter!}
3- most people are so friendly and nice!

yep,im lovin kilkenny!

stillhere08

the view of the castle from Johns bridge
the decent pubs that keep their charm
the hurling tradition

Raze_them_all

The mix of people for the most part
The various martial arts clubs and things for young people(though not enough social things like bowling allys)
Castlepark, Great to just chill there with the girlfriend, go for a kick around with the boys and so on

ECOLOGICAL

1. Castle Park.
2 . Safety walking at night .
3.a) Restaurants
b) People if they get their thumb out of their holes especially chics with their Eurosport shades .

run_Forrest_run

Likes:
1. Superb Hurling tradition
2. Castle Park (such an asset to a city)
3. Nice and small, everything within walking distance in the city.

Dislikes:
1. Serious lack of an industry (apart from tourism)
2. hen/stags
3. Choice of shops is quite poor.

dewdrop

as a frequent but aged visitor i think Kilkenny is one of the nicest places in Ireland and this is from a Tipp born person. Most people outside Kilkenny sing its praises so locals please appreciate your city. I am somewhat surprised that few if any people mentioned the beautiful Black Abbey

djScarey

Like:
1. The preserved medieval structures and layout.
2. Sporting facilities.
3. The Festivals.

and so much more: ladies, arts/culture, size, walks, shopping, metal music tradition, teashops................

Dislike:
1. Lip service to democracy in town planning.
2. Nighttime Kilkenny.
3. Gossip.

ECOLOGICAL

1.Jenkinstown Wood
2.New Ring Road
3.Dunnes Stores open 24 Hours bloody class.

Benny Cake

1. the nore bar
2. the pumphouse
3. bengies

DenMan

Been hearing good things about this bar (The Pumphouse). A mate of mine working in Oz always raves about it. What are peoples opinions on it? Not from Kilkenny by the way!!!

Raze_them_all

hate the place with a passion

DenMan

Raze_them_all wrote: »

hate the place with a passion

Any decent alternatives that you could mention?

DenMan

What about Caislean Ui Cuain, is that a much better bar?

Deliverance XXV

DenMan wrote: »

What about Caislean Ui Cuain, is that a much better bar?

About 4 yrs ago it was
It has since changed hands and names a couple times.
It's currently 'The Field' and is only okay.

Raze_them_all

never heard of it to be honest, what kind of music are you looking for??? live??? clubish??? metalish??? 80's??