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Yulefest Kilkenny: All the fantastic festive events in the city and county this week

By Kilkenny Now 5th December 2019 Post a comment

Yulefest Kilkenny is a bumper six-week inclusive Christmas festival that welcomes visitors and locals to enjoy and participate in a range of high quality, festive events in Kilkenny City and County throughout the festive season. It has quickly emerged as a go-to Christmas festival for all the family and received a listing in Skyscanner’s Guide to […]

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Yulefest Kilkenny: All fantastic festive events in city and county this week

By Kilkenny Now 27th November 2019 0

The Yulefest Kilkenny Christmas festival returns to celebrate its fourth year. This year Yulefest is showcasing a bumper six-week festival running up until January 6 next. Last weekend a large crowd gathered to welcome home Kilkenny native and national treasure Mary FitzGerald to launch the festival. An early advocate of re-use from her RTE TV […]

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Council applies for planning to build pedestrian bridge in Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 8th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY Kilkenny County Council has applied for planning permission to build a pedestrian bridge required to safely connect a major tourist site to a town. The €900,000 Castlecomer Pedestrian Bridge connecting the town to the popular Discovery Park is with An Bord Pleanála for approval. The bridge crossing the River Dinin is required […]

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Pedestrian bridge in county Kilkenny town set to be built next year

By Kilkenny Now 18th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A PEDESTRIAN bridge required to safely link a major tourist site in Kilkenny to a town centre could begin construction next summer. The €900,000 Castlecomer Pedestrian Bridge connecting the town centre to the popular Discovery Park is going to the planning stage. The bridge over the River Dinin is required to take […]

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‘Great Family Days Out’ – popular county Kilkenny adventure park included in new Top 50 list

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2019 0

A COUNTY Kilkenny adventure park has been included in a new national guide to 50 ‘Great Family Days Out this Summer’. Castlecomer Discovery Park, which recently added axe throwing to its impressive list of activities, is among the leading outdoor facilities across the country listed in the ‘Go on an Adventure’ section of the guide […]

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FEATURE: All the fun events for kids in Kilkenny throughout Easter

By Kilkenny Now 4th April 2019 0

KILKENNY is the ideal place to entertain little ones this Easter, with lots of seasonal themed activities taking place throughout the city and county. National Reptile Zoo  The National Reptile Zoo in Gowran County Kilkenny is set for an egg-tastic line up of Easter activities. They are running egg hunts throughout Easter week with lots […]

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Castlecomer’s first ever Rose is crowned

By Kilkenny Now 10th March 2019 0

CASTLECOMER’S first ever Rose was crowned at a packed event in the county Kilkenny town last night. It was a tough call for the judges, but Niamh Balkin – sponsored by the Castlecomer Discovery Park – eventually won through. Niamh will now go on to represent Castlecomer at the Kilkenny Rose selection event at the […]

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Castlecomer’s Rose ‘buds’ steal the show

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2019 0

CASTLECOMER’S Roses met their very own ‘Rose buds’ during a special event in the luxurious surroundings of the Avalon House Hotel. The newly-opened hotel played host as the eight local Roses presented sashes to their new ‘buds’ yesterday morning. Then it was time to enjoy some afternoon tea in the hotel’s ballroom. The event was […]

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It is a bird? Is it a plane? No – it’s a Castlecomer Rose!!

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2019 0

CASTLECOMER’S Roses showed their adventurous side as they took turns taking to the skies on Ireland’s longest zip-line yesterday. The day started off calmly enough as the girls posed for photographs outside the pretty fairy village at the Castlecomer Discovery Park. Then it was time for Aoife, Alice, Sinead, Amy, Jessica, Aoife and Niamh to […]

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City of love – four of Kilkenny’s most romantic destinations for your Valentine

By Kilkenny Now 11th February 2019 0

KILKENNY has long been known as the destination of love stories, starting in the late 18th century with the Ladies of Llangollen. Then, two upper class women, Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, left the Marble City and moved to Wales to escape face unwanted marriages. They lived happily for 50 years and are buried together […]