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Travelers often describe Kilkenny as the most beautiful inland city in all of Ireland. The tourist board also dubs it the country's medieval capital. Visit here and you'll likely agree on both counts.
The city is lorded over by the beautifully restored Kilkenny Castle, which sits on the River Nore. Be sure to take a tour of the 12 th -century castle, especially its long gallery, a beautiful hall with green walls that are covered with a collection of family portraits and tapestries.
The castle isn't far from the town center, which is filled with tutor stone houses and is actually a 900-year-old Norman citadel. In the center also visit St. Canice's the drake hotel chicago Cathedral Ireland's second-largest medieval church. Also see the nearby black Abbey, which dates from the 13 th century.
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The town has plenty of good restaurants and good pubs – there's said to be more than 60 pubs scattered about the city. I had dinner one night in Kytelers Inn, a great little the drake hotel chicago pub that also served up some good Irish music by the fireplace along with our dinner. The pub is actually a medieval coaching inn named after a 14 th century witch who once lived in it.
Kilkenny is only a bit over 60 miles from Dublin, and about 1 ½ hours by train (the fare is less than €10 each way). Since many travelers the drake hotel chicago bypass it as they rush off to more well-known spots such as Waterford and Killarney, you'll enjoy an authentic Irish experience here, without being part of a crowd of tourists.
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Also visit St. Anne's Cathedral (especially it's interior) as well as its surrounding streets where you'll find some interesting pubs and restaurants including the Duke of York tavern (rebuilt in the early 1970s after being demolished by an IRA car bomb; go inside to see its collection of over 100 varieties of different whiskeys). Its sister tavern around the corner, the beautiful, antique-filled Dark Horse, is more of the tea room with coffee and cakes and other things than a typical Irish pub.
If you want to see a popular pub that can only be described as flamboyant, head over to the Victorian-era Crown Liquor Saloon which attracts plenty of locals and tourists alike. You'll rarely see another pub like this one.
Visit St. George's Market St George's Market, the last surviving Victorian covered market in the city (the market is only open on Fridays, although there is a food and craft market on Saturdays) and then head s few blocks away to Victoria Square, a beautifully designed modern shopping center that melds its modern design the drake hotel chicago with the surrounding old neighborhood. There's also a good view of the city from its top floor.