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New ‘Medieval Kilkenny Experience’ to attract 100,000 more visitors to city

By Kilkenny Now 22nd September 2021 0

A new ‘world-class’ medieval attraction will bring up to 100,000 new visitors to Kilkenny city, Fáilte Ireland announced this week. Kilkenny County Council and Kilkenny Civil Trust has been awarded €3.2 million to develop the new Medieval Kilkenny Experience. The new attraction will encompass the historic Town Hall (Tholsel), the existing Medieval Mile Museum and […]

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A huge draw! Crowds flock to city for Kilkenny Animated festival

By Kilkenny Now 4th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY is set to draw a huge crowd this weekend for an event visitors have had pencilled in for a while now. Kilkenny Animated, the world’s foremost animation festival, is taking place around the city and county this weekend and has drawn its guests from the leading lights in the industry globally. […]

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Sterling work: Kilkenny showcased to UK tour operators ahead of Brexit d-day

By Kilkenny Now 3rd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY is using it’s ancient and medieval history to attract UK visitors to the county, while our closest neighbours are in the middle of making history of their own, Ahead of whatever happens with Brexit, people from the UK will still be going on holidays, so Fáilte Ireland invited Albatross Travel, a […]

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Savour Kilkenny unveil mouth-watering festival programme

By Kilkenny Now 30th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY OVER 40,000 people are expected to taste the atmosphere at one of Ireland’s largest and most popular food festivals in Kilkenny next month. Now in its 13th year, Savour Kilkenny’s jam-packed programme was officially launched over the weekend. At the launch, host Newstalk presenter, Kieran Cuddihy and guest speaker Fiona Moore of […]

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Kilkenny Animated festival needs volunteers to help draw a crowd

By Kilkenny Now 29th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY AN international festival being held in Kilkenny, which has attracted Netflix as a partner, is looking for volunteers to assist. Now in its second year, Kilkenny Animated needs bodies over the festival’s duration and help maintain its place as the world’s leading animation festival. Kilkenny Animated celebrates the best of Irish and […]

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Stunning new exhibition which brings to life Kilkenny skeltons’ officially opens today

By Kilkenny Now 25th July 2019 10

By COLIN BARTLEY THE EXHIBITION featuring the bodies of three people discovered during the excavation of Kilkenny’s Medieval Mile Museum three years ago will open to the public today. 3 lives, 3 deaths, One life unlived tells the story of three women, the lives they led, their cultural identity, and whether they viewed themselves as […]