Black Abbey Kilkenny

For our final day of our trip we originally had The Rock of Cashel (if we couldn't fit it the day before), Kilkenny (mainly because it had a round tower we could climb) and Powerscourt waterfall (possibly Estate also), But since we took care of Powerscourt in the beginning, and the Rock fit it perfectly the day before, that left us with plenty of …

... the tourists are squeezed into that central area.  With umbrellas open it is like bumper cars.  We walked by the 'black abbey' a church with coffins lining the building with the graves of people who died from the plague.  Being inside ...

... ’s Well. The woman tried to be helpful but the directions she gave were typical Irish style and vague at best. They said to go to Black Abbey and when you see a gap in the wall walk down the steps and the well will be there..... so we drove to the ...

... by Dominican friars (and rebuilt a couple of times due to Cromwell crushing it and weather tearing it apart). It is called the Black Abbey because the monks wear black robes. We went through a home that is being lovingly restored to its original state by ...

... for a vicar and we shook her hand as we left. Since we had a few hours to kill, we walked down to the Black Abbey (cool name). "The name Black Abbey is based on the fact that in England and other countries the Dominicans were often referred ...

... happened I didn't have time to write it all out. Barbara and her husband Nico toured me around their beautiful town. Took me too the black Abbey, to a 400 year old home, to a cathedral, down main street, past where they used to live and even to the Eco ...

... over Easter, visiting Kilkenny & Dublin. Apart from drinking too much Smithwicks, Kilkenny and Guinness, we visited Kilkenny Castle, Black Abbey and Trinity College as well as driving through some lovely scenery. See ...

... we were a little disappointed since it was probably the most touristy place in town. Tomorrow we're going to explore the castle and the black abbey, and then head to Dublin where we will promptly turn in our rental car and find a bus to take us to our ...

... world tour.  He said he figures he'll settle down and get a real job by the time he's 30.  The tour ended at Black Abbey.  Mass had just ended so we were able to go in and take pictures. After the tour, we did a little shopping and headed ...

... cool medieval city that once was the capital of Ireland, we only had time for a quick walk-by of Kilkenny Castle, the old city area, and the Black Abbey, an 800-year old stone church still serving as a Dominican parish church today, followed by a real ...

... were pulling into Kilkenny, a charmingly medieval town. We had lunch first and then walked around the streets a bit. We saw the Black Abbey, a Dominican church built in 1225. On our way to St. Canice's Cathedral we accidentally saw St. Mary's. There are ...