`This was my ancestor's home, the Second Earle of Ormande. The castle is in great shape and you can stay in one of the outbuildings while in Kilkenny. If you have "Butler" ancestors they probably came from Kilkenny or some of the other Butler castles in the surrounding area.

great people asome castles pubs @restraunts plenty to do wether shopping dininng out or just walking through the narrow streets also the nightlife is great live music most nights

i went to kilkenny castle with a group of people expecting little but ended up having a wonderful day out.the people were friendly and the castle itself was very interesting.i would definitly recommend Kilkenny Castle as its just 2 seconds from the beautiful town of Kilkenny and can be enjoyed by everyone and anyone.

This is the major attraction of the town. The Castle is surprisingly well preserved and actually combines several styles and purpose driven types of architecture. The first castle was built around the late 1100s by Strongbow - a legendary Norman knight who married a native Irish princess. It was expanded a few years later to include four massive ...

It was very cold I disliked that. it was smelt very beautiful and the whole castle was just lovely. It was a wonderful experience. It was worth the money and time.It is beautiful and very fresh air.

I would recommend it to lots of people.

i love the way the castle is its sort of like bunratty it a good place to bring the family the people that work there are very helpful and nice and also kind kilkenny is a great place i am thinking of moveing there.

im going again on the 1st of march 2007, the castle has 41 ghosts (in the castle and grounds, the city is amazing, full of hen nites, go 2 lemon soul 4 the best meal and cocktails

I want to congrataulate your tour guide of the Castle, Myself and friend were there at the end of August/early September, we are both parcially deaf, I found it very relaxing to lip read your guides words, she has excellent abilities and forms her mouth in exactly the correct way for hard of hearing people to lip read, this is quite difficult for ...

There is so much history in the castle, it is too bad the renovation looks a bit budget. I think it is worth a tour, and it is magificent exterior and so on, but as is the case with many of these castles they fell into decay and were abandoned for many many years because they were too expensive for the families that owned them. They are mid ...