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Kilkenny from Dublin

An hour and forty by car or train, a castle, a medieval mile and a brewery. Almost everyone arrives on the Wicklow and Glendalough combined day; the train is for people who want the afternoon to themselves.

6 bookable places, 31,923 reviews. Nearest is 1 h 44 from the centre by car, farthest 1 h 44. From €15; the most booked is From Dublin: Wicklow Mountains, Glendalough & Kilkenny Tour with 9,506 reviews.

Kilkenny is a medieval town with a castle, a cathedral and a brewery, an hour and forty by car or ninety minutes by train from Heuston. It appears on this page mostly as the second half of the Wicklow and Glendalough day, which does the mountains in the morning and the town in the afternoon.

Tour or train

The combined tours give ninety minutes to two hours in Kilkenny, enough for the castle grounds and the Medieval Mile, not for the castle interior. The train gives you the whole afternoon and the town to yourself after the coaches leave; the boat tour on the Nore from below the castle is thirty minutes and cheap.

A proper day out1.0 – 2 h each way6

Good to know

How far is it from Dublin?

By car, the places on this page are 1 h 44 to 1 h 44 from O'Connell Bridge. Train and bus times are shown in the planner on the main page.

Do I need to book in advance?

Anything marked likely to sell out, yes, ideally the day before. Everything else usually has availability on the day, but the partner page shows live dates.

Where do I book?

Each place links to the partner that runs it: GetYourGuide, Viator or Tiqets. You pay there, in euros, with the partner's cancellation terms. We earn a small commission, which never changes your price.