🌐 If The Past Could Talk

Mooncoin Heritage Walk

📍 Kilkenny🚶 5 stops🚶️ 0.81km⌛ ~25 min

An 1869 Gothic Revival church built in the manner of J.J. McCarthy, the Presentation Sisters' 1850 convent and their disused 1875 school, the graveyard of the older chapel they replaced, and the Suir riverbank that inspired "The Rose of Mooncoin", now the Kilkenny GAA anthem. Looking for things to do in Mooncoin? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.

Ecclesiastical
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Opens the free interactive app — point your phone at each stop and hear it speak, in 12 languages.

Stops on This Trail

  1. Catholic Church of the Assumption
  2. Presentation Convent
  3. Former Presentation Convent School
  4. Old Mooncoin Graveyard
  5. The Suir Riverbank at Mooncoin

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 →