Things to do in Kilkenny - updated!

brettmirl

Useful Links

Map of city
Map of county
Wikipedia Page

Kilkenny Tourism
Discover Ireland
Whazon Kilkenny
Gig Guide
Kilkenny Music

Local Media

Kilkenny People
Kilkenny Advertiser
Kilkenny Alive
KCLR 96FM


Places To Stay

Club House Hotel
Days Hotel
Hibernian Hotel
Hotel Kilkenny
Kilford Arms Hotel
Kilkenny Inn
Langton House Hotel
Lyrath Estate
Mount Juliet
Newpark Hotel
Ormonde Hotel
Pembroke Hotel
Rivercourt Hotel
Springhill Hotel


Kilkenny Tourist Hostel
Noreside Park Camping
Tree Grove Camping
B&Bs




Things To Do

Kilkenny Castle
Kilkenny Design Centre
Butler Gallery
St Canice's Cathedral
Black Abbey
Rothe House
Dunmore Caves
Jerpoint Abbey

Jenkinstown Park
Woodstock Gardens
Discovery Park


Watergate Theatre
Omniplex Cinema
The Hub at Cillin Hill

Kilkenny 400
Rhythm & Roots Festival May Bank Holiday Weekend
The Cat Laughs June Bank Holiday Weekend
Kilkenny Arts Festival late August
Kilkenny Celtic Festival Sept/Oct
Savour - Food Festival late Oct
Irish Conker Championships late Oct
Rockfall Festival




Sport / Recreation

Kilkenny GAA
Kilkenny Rugby Club
Kilkenny & District Soccer League
Horse Racing - Gowran Park
Greyhound Racing
Kilkenny Tennis Club
Kilkenny Golf Club
Pococke Golf Club (056)7751666
Newpark Driving Range (056)7752205
Lacken Pitch & Putt Club (056) 7763440
Kilkenny Hockey Club
Ice Hockey Club
Kilkenny Flying & Gliding Club
Recreational Flying Club
Irish Aero Sports
Kilkenny Motor Club
Hill Walking & Mountaineering
Athletics
Marble City Boxing
Kenpo Karate
Shotokan Karate Club
Jiu-Jitsu Academy
Black Dragon Martial Arts
Countryside Activity Centre (056) 7761791
Kiltorcan Karting
Bowling
Swimming
Sports Guide

brettmirl

PUBS

John Street
Langtons
Biddy Earlys
O'Faolains
Matt The Millers
Egans
Breathnachs

John's Bridge/Rose Inn Street/Kieran Street
Tynan's Bridge House Bar
Lanigans
Mondrian Bar
Syd Harkins
Kyteler's Inn

The Parade
Morrisons Bar
The Field
The Left Bank

High Street/Friary Street
Paris Texas
The Playwright
Andrew Ryans
Rafter Dempseys

Parliment Street
Cleeres
The Pumphouse
Anna Conda
Amber Blacks

Off The Beaten Track
Little Andy's, Ormonde St
Troy's Gate Bar, Vicar St
The Sceilp Inn, Callan Rd
Lenehan's Bar, Castlecomer Road




Food

Cafe Sol, William St
Campagne, Gas House Lane
Chez Pierre, Parliment St
Fleva, High St
Marble City Bar, High St
Pordylos, Butter Slip Lane
Ripley's Steak House, Butter Slip Lane
Zuni, Patrick St

Italian
Italian Connection, High St
Ristorante Rinuccini, The Parade
Lautrec's, Kieran St
La Rivista, Parliment St

Chinese/Oriental
Emerald Gardens, Parliment St
Ming Court, John St
Swans, High St
Li Garden, Rose Inn St

Indian
Shimla, Irishtown
Himalayan Spice, John St
Green Chilli, John St

After the pub!
Abrakebabra, Rose Inn St
Extreme Pizza, Barrack St
KFC, Waterford Rd
PHQ by Pizza Hut, John's Bridge
McDonalds, Patrick St
Supermacs, High St

Breda's Chippy, Friary St
Joe’s Takeaway, Dean St
Larkins, Waterford Rd
Pronto Pizza, John St
Roma Café, John St
Rocco’s, Walkin St
Uncle Sam's, High St

fabbydabby

Kilkenny Flying and Gliding Club, while still officially active for licenced members, is not currently offering flying lessons or trial flights.

The two active training organisations/clubs based at Kilkenny Airfield on the Tullaroan road are the Recreational Flying Club (specialising in Group A training) and Irish Aero Sports (specialising in Group M flying training in fixed and flex wing aircraft.

Captain Havoc

I noticed one club I'm in isn't mentioned here, Marble City Cyclers, we leave on spins every Saturday (10am) and Sunday (9am) from the castle.

A_Leahy

Kilkenny's Samba/ Maracatu drumming group also meet every Thursday (7-9:30) . New members are always warmly welcomed.

http://www.rhythmriotmusic.com/main_page.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9XrZ2b10N4

Raze_them_all

I noticed our club isn't here.

Top pro kilkenny. MMA, kenpo,boxing, kickboxing and BJJ.

Don't want to post number online so if anyone wants contact info pm me

selena27

Wanna do something for your body and your spirit?Want to loose weight, shape up, improve your fitness and have great fun?
Variety of fitness and dance classes available in Kilkenny!Choose from BELLY DANCE, SLIM DANCE, ZUMBA, POWER PUMP, STEP, PILATES, STABILITY BALL, TOTAL FIT.
Drop in rates,weekly or monthly payment options also available.Contact me for details.

pmccormack

Kilkenny Aqua Kayak club.

We have linked up with KK Aqua to run beginner kayaking courses and feed our pupils onto the club so they can progress and keep up kayaking.
Check out www.irishcanoekayak.com

Summer Evening kayaking courses, weekends kayak and canoe courses and guided trips for groups, parties, Hans/stags.

spikeprint

Train Station: Gets you quickly to Dublin or Cork. Which are much more fun.

Captain Havoc

spikeprint wrote: »

Train Station: Gets you quickly to Dublin or Cork. Which are much more fun.

If Dublin was more fun, I'd still be living there!

On that note though, from last week there are extra rail services to Dublin and from Dublin which I think Iarnród Éireann deserve a pat on the back for. All we need now is a couple of services that don't go to Dublin and we'd be laughing.

spikeprint

Honestly, I can't wait to move back to Dublin. Kilkenny lacks vibrancy, mainly due to its small population, not its lack of energy.

Threadhead

Brand new festival with entirely local music, film, DJ's and performers, Out For The Weekend is celebrating diversity in Kilkenny and there's a strong alternative arts programme on show. It runs August 27th - 29th.

Check out www.outfortheweekend.ie

Chris Dowling

Dragons Lair Martial Arts and Fitness center, with classes in Kickboxing, Jiu-Jitsu, K1,MMA,Akido, weight-loss, circuits,kettlebells, Hip Hop, irish Dancing and more!

For more infor www.dragonslair.ie
dragonslair on facebook
or phone 086 8175604

Captain Havoc

Saw this site which has a list of local sports club.

Captain Havoc

Post deleted for cross posting, if you've something to say, say it once.

Gypsy Roman

Chris Dowling wrote: »

Dragons Lair Martial Arts and Fitness center, with classes in Kickboxing, Jiu-Jitsu, K1,MMA,Akido, weight-loss, circuits,kettlebells, Hip Hop, irish Dancing and more!

For more infor www.dragonslair.ie
dragonslair on facebook
or phone 086 8175604

Hey Chris are any of the classes on during the day time? Many thanks.

pegasus1

Another thing that is going on in Kilkenny is the Kilkenny Photographic Society...

We meet up every Thursday night in the Pembroke hotel on patrick street at 8pm

New members are always welcome..T & C apply

The web site is http://kilkennyphoto.eu

banana_paddy

Hi everyone, kilkenny city and district pipe band are always looking for new members. Learn how to play bagpipes for free. Anyone interested can pm for more information. Cheers

Sirsok

In terms of drama classes are there any in kilkenny?

pegasus1

pegasus1 wrote: »

Another thing that is going on in Kilkenny is the Kilkenny Photographic Society...

We meet up every Thursday night in the Pembroke hotel on patrick street at 8pm

New members are always welcome..T & C apply

The web site is http://kilkennyphoto.eu

New website is http://kilkennyphoto.net

nootroc

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Interesting venue. Will be fantastic next weekend if the weather is as good as forecast..

www.ballykeeffeamphitheatre.ie

nootroc

Friday 12th July Sense and Sensibility

8.00 pm Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre

Saturday 13th July 8.00pm

Jack L '27 Club'

Tickets from Book Centre and Rollercoster in Kilkenny or at venue on the day.

www.ballykeeffeamphitheatre.ie

Bowlardo

Can you bring your own drink and food to this?

Bowlardo

nootroc wrote: »

Friday 12th July Sense and Sensibility

8.00 pm Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre

Saturday 13th July 8.00pm

Jack L '27 Club'

Tickets from Book Centre and Rollercoster in Kilkenny or at venue on the day.

www.ballykeeffeamphitheatre.ie

Can you bring your own drink and food to this?

nootroc

There's no bar on site this week and sure it would be nice to slake your thirst with your favourite tipple. All within reason of course.

nootroc

Bagatelle at Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre

saturday 10th August 8.00pm



The legendary Bagatelle are celebrating 35 years in the music business with an Irish and overseas tour. They take to the stage at Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre on Saturday August 10th. Over the years the band has produced hits such as 'Summer in Dublin', 'Trump Card', 'Leeson Street Lady', 'Love is the Reason' and many more. There will be bar and barbecue food available on site. Tickets cost €15 and are available from Rollercoaster Records, The Book Centre in Kilkenny, Brennan's Bar and O'Connor's Shop in Kilmanagh and online at Ticketmaster.ie and Tickets.ie.

wheres me jumpa

Went to see Architects of Air in Kilkenny Castle grounds today. Well worth a visit for us adults but the kids there seemed to love it also.

http://www.kilkennyarts.ie/events/details/architects-of-air-uk/

nootroc

Saturday
31st August

3rd Ballykeeffe Rock Climbing Festival

For the third time Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre is showing its full potential as it invites climbers from near and far to come come together to celebrate their exciting sport. The public are welcomed to view the climbing demonstrations and with a tutor to try climbing the rockface themselves.


Rock Climbing in Ballykeeffe
Afternoon schedule (subject to change)
2.00 -4.00 pm Supervised ‘Come & try it‘ with trained instructor. (Minimum height restriction will apply)
3.00 pm Aerial dance workshop and display
4.00 pm Southeast Mountain Rescue Association
Crag rescue demonstration
6.00 pm Guided walk through Ballykeeffe Nature Reserve exploring local flora and fauna
7.00 pm Sorcaluba present ‘Letting Go‘
‘ Letting go’ is a fusion of dance, physical theatre and circus skills resulting in a powerful piece filled with emotion and excitement. Falling is natural part of any journey. Follow this beautiful story of a fallen girl, broken and unsteady, she is hiding from herself and the world. With no understanding of what went wrong and nobody and nothing to trust in she is left to find a new beginning. But to be steady she first needs to learn how to let go.
*8 pm Clare Sheridan – ‘Irelands Women Climbers’ An illustrated talk by one of Ireland’s one of most experienced climbers. Clare has combined raising a family with an extensive climbing career encompassing Yosemite and the European Alps. Her presentation shows that climbing can be for everybody.
8.45 pm Live Trad & Folk

Easter17

Just like to mention the Kilkenny Social Club which is a great way to make friends if you are new to town. Find us on Meetup.com.