Kilkenny Castle is delighted to take part in Culture Night once more. To celebrate Culture Night, the period rooms and exhibitions of Kilkenny Castle will be open to the public free of charge from 6pm to 9pm on Friday 19th September 2025 Please note last admission will be 8:30pm. No advance booking required. Admission will […]
OPW Kilkenny Castle is delighted to once again host a number of concerts with Music in Kilkenny. The new programme is available now www.musicinkilkenny.org The first of the concerts to take place at the Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle will be on Sunday 26 September at 7:30pm. The Lir Quartet : Siobhán Doyle - violin | […]
OPW Kilkenny Castle is delighted to once again host a number of concerts with Music in Kilkenny. The new programme is available now www.musicinkilkenny.org The next of these concerts will take place at the Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle on Sunday 4 October at 4:00pm. Performers: Róisín O’Grady - soprano | Sharon Carty - mezzo soprano | […]
OPW Kilkenny Castle is delighted to once again host a number of concerts with Music in Kilkenny. The new programme is available now www.musicinkilkenny.org The next of these concerts will take place at the Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle on Sunday 18 October at 4:00pm. Performers : Siun Milne - violin | Molly O’Shea - violin | […]
Seven hundred years ago, a Kilkenny woman was condemned as a witch. The records that survive were written by the men who prosecuted her. Alice Kyteler's own voice is nowhere in them. Bright I Burn gives it back to her. Molly Aitken's novel, a New Yorker and BBC Best Book of 2024, and shortlisted for […]
On 3rd November 1324, Petronilla de Midia became the first person in Ireland to be burned at the stake for the practice of witchcraft in a dark episode of Kilkenny's history that would have reverberations around the world for centuries to come. Burning Woman takes that story and asks: why is this story still relevant […]
As part of the OPW programme of Irish Sign Language interpreted tours at Heritage sites around the country, Kilkenny Castle is offering free ISL interpreted tours on several dates in 2026. One of our experienced guide accompanied by an ISL interpreter will lead you throughout the restored Period Rooms of Kilkenny Castle and will put […]