Garden Talk Series: My garden, past, present and future

Parade Tower OPW Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland

OPW Kilkenny Castle is delighted to present our Garden Talks once again as part of our Spring Programme 2025 As usual, there will be a wide range of speakers, covering a variety of topics. The series starts on Tuesday 25 March and runs until Tuesday 6 May. All talks are free and entry is on […]

Free

Music in Kilkenny Concert Series: The Engegård String Quartet

Parade Tower OPW Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland

PROGRAMME & PERFORMERS Quartet Op. 95 No. 11 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Quartet - Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 (Voces Intimae) - Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Norwegian Folk Music   Formed under the midnight sun in Lofoten in 2005, the Engegård Quartet has rapidly become one of Norway’s most sought after […]

€5 – €20

Irish Sign Language Interpreted Guided tour

As part of the OPW programme of Irish Sign Language interpreted tours at Heritage sites around the country, Kilkenny Castle is offering free ISL interpreted tour Monday 5th May at 3.30pm One of our experienced guide accompanied by an ISL interpreter will lead you throughout the restored Period Rooms of Kilkenny Castle and will put […]

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Garden Talk Series: A walk and talk through Kilkenny Castle Park

Parade Tower OPW Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland

OPW Kilkenny Castle is delighted to present our Garden Talks once again as part of our Spring Programme 2025 The series comes to an end this evening with our very own Colm Mangan, Foreperson of Kilkenny Castle Park. Tuesday 6 May: Colm Mangan 'A walk and talk through Kilkenny Castle Park'  All talks are free […]

Free

Music in Kilkenny Concert Series: Mark Anthony McGrath

Parade Tower OPW Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland

PROGRAMME & PERFORMERS Sonata No. 34 in D minor - Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750) Divertimento à Solo in Bb major - S.L. Weiss Ciaconna in G minor - S.L Weiss Carolan’s Dozen - Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738)   In this recital Mark Anthony McGrath performs music by the legendary Irish harper/composer Turlough O’Carolan and the greatest […]

€5 – €20

Biodiversity Week: Design By Nature: How to grow wildflowers in your garden, farm and community

Parade Tower OPW Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland

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 […]

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Biodiversity Week: Dusk Chorus

Kilkenny Castle Park Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland

OPW Kilkenny Castle is delighted to collaborate with the Kilkenny branch of BirdWatch Ireland for another Dusk Chorus this year on Thursday 22 May. All are welcome to come along to this FREE event. Meeting Point: Courtyard This is a FREE event. No booking required. Please wear appropriate footwear and clothing as this is an […]

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Biodiversity Week: Native plants and their uses in medicine and cooking

Kilkenny Castle Park Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland

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.

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Biodiversity Week: Natural Beekeeping with Tanguy de Toulgoët

Kilkenny Castle Park Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland

Tanguy has a strong profile as an environmentalist, educator and gardener. He is a tireless campaigner and advocate of sustainable gardening and has given lectures and talks all over Ireland. At Dunmore Country School in Durrow, Co. Laois, Tanguy and the team practice sustainable no-dig kitchen gardening and natural beekeeping. Location: Kilkenny Castle Park (in […]

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Alzheimer / Dementia inclusive Tour

Kilkenny Castle OPW Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland

Kilkenny Castle is delighted to offer an Alzheimer / Dementia inclusive tour on Friday 6th June at 3.30pm. This free tour is aimed at people living with Alzheimers and Dementia and their families and supporters. This is an opportunity to explore the period rooms and chat about the artworks and history of the Castle in […]

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