🌐 If The Past Could Talk

Kilkenny City: Medieval Mile Trail

📍 Kilkenny🚶 6 stops🚶️ 1.9km⌛ ~45 min

Kilkenny Castle, seat of the Butler family for centuries, St Canice's Cathedral with its climbable 9th-century round tower, a well-preserved Tudor merchant's house, the ruins of a 13th-century Dominican priory, an inn tied to Ireland's first witchcraft trial in 1324, and a Renaissance almshouse — 6 stops along Kilkenny's Medieval Mile. Looking for things to do in Kilkenny City? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.

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Stops on This Trail

  1. Kilkenny Castle
  2. St Canice's Cathedral
  3. Rothe House
  4. Black Abbey
  5. Kyteler's Inn
  6. Shee Alms House

For Schools

This trail is also available as a free printable classroom worksheet or full trail booklet — no site visit required. See how Classroom Prep Mode works →