Kilkenny Castle

Day 4 we were woken up at 4:00 a.m. by the most God-awful screeching. We thought maybe the Blair Witch really was outside but it turned out that two roosters got in a cock-fight in the courtyard! We tried to go back to sleep but the roosters kept carrying on and cows off the property started mooing.....so we got up to take a shower.

The …

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 …

Today the serious touring begins - the on the bus, off the bus, on the bus, have a quick wee type of tourning... takes some getting used to. I only held the bus up once having to learn the hard rules about not running late while on tour, thankfully, I wasn't the only one throughout the day!

Our first stop was the Irish National Stud. This …

Kilkenny used to be a capital of Ireland in medieval times. It's a very pleasant little town with a few easily walkable attractions. First we went on a walking tour of the medieval part of the city, then visited an old house of a wealthy merchant turned into a museum and finally we toured the Kilkenny Castle, an old-time home of the powerful and …

We arrived Holyhead (UK) around 1am, went through a simple immigration check and board the ferry. The ferry is like Star Cruise, there`re café, slot machines, theater etc. Arrived Dublin around 6am, took the same bus to Busaras Station (the bus will board the ferry along with the passengers).

Waited 2 hours to catch the bus to Kilkenny …

... but it was confiscated by the authorities and they are working on getting a permit for another one. We planned on stopping in Kilkenny for my birthday and after some looking around we found a resonably priced place to stay. Before going out for the ...

... 1000 people (mostly women and children) massacred by invading Vikings around 928 AD. Again a little creepy but intriguing none the less. We spent the rest of the day exploring the grounds of Kilkenny castle and taking in the precious Irish ...

... . And we have the better climate... I will never complain about our quality of life in Australia again. So here I am in Kilkenny... nothing special compared to what I've seen. Kind of takes me back to the south island of New Zealand but nowhere as ...

... .   With our travel companions, David and Lucy, we parked the rental car and walked the short remaining distance to Kilkenny Castle.  Its gardens were walled but we could see the tips of the castle's towers peaking from above, which already ...

... around the outside, before we went for lunch. The food was ok, but we washed it down with the local beer, which happened to be Kilkenny !!! It was pretty good. Straight after, we took a walk up to St Mary's Cathedral, which was ok, but not as good as St ...

... try and get over my cold. Though there's really only one place a person wants to be when they're sick. . .home. Spanky at Kilkenny Castle I'll return to Dublin on Sunday and start my tour of the north on Monday. One of the other tour guides we met ...

Kilkenny used to be a capital of Ireland in medieval times. It's a very pleasant little town with a few easily walkable attractions. First we went on a walking tour of the medieval part of the city, then visited an old house of a wealthy ...

... and ruins at Glendalough, except through photos on the internet. Anyway, enough pity-partying. We arrived in Kilkenny and the bus parked right outside the castle, so this was our first place to visit. This castle was a bit more castley looking than ...

... that trip by a day, but not the end of the world.  Thinking about going to watch a hurling match tomorrow before I leave Kilkenny, which should be interesting, but it depends if I can get tickets when I get there.  I don't know if anything ...

We chose to stay at Tree Grove camp site because our Ireland camping guide indicated it was a mere 1.5km from Kilkenny centre - a distance we considered very walkable. We started to doubt this before our arrival after we past a roadsign saying "Kilkenny ...