Free Admission

As part of Heritage Week, Kilkenny Castle is delighted to offer free self-guided admission on Saturday 12th  August 2023. Discover the ancestral home of the Butler Family with a free self-guided visit of the magnificent Victorian period rooms of Kilkenny Castle Complimentary tickets only available on the day from our ticket desk.  Admission will be […]

Local Links to the Past ✨ The Office of Public Works and Transport for Ireland are collaborating to promote sustainable travel this National Heritage Week ???? This year’s theme is Connections, Routes and Networks. Inspired by this, OPW - Office of Public Works are incentivising visitors to use the Local Links rural public transport service […]

Kilkenny Castle is delighted to take part in Culture Night once more. To celebrate Culture Night, the period rooms and exhibitions of Kilkenny Castle will be open to the public free of charge from 6pm to 9pm on Friday 20th September 2024 Please note last admission will be 8:30pm. No advance booking required. Admission will […]

OPW Kilkenny Castle is delighted to welcome Sandro Cafolla for this talk on wildflower growing, from site prep to sowing and how to maintain a long-term ecology. Sandro's forty years of growing wildflowers simplifies the mystic and explains why there is a difference between nature and environment and how it affects what Irish gardeners buy and […]

Giedre Dunphy will give a talk on native plants and their uses in medicine and cooking. Meeting Point: Kilkenny Castle Park (at the Copper Beech tree) This is a FREE event. No booking required. Please wear appropriate footwear and clothing as this is an outdoor event.