There is a wide range of fantastic outdoor activities that can be enjoyed locally such as horseriding, hillwalking, guided walking tours and golf,
Festivals
Cat Laughs Comedy Festival.
Why not plan you break around the Cat Laughs Comedy Festival which is held over a bank holiday weekend at the end of May (please check dates). This fantastic festival has become the premiere comedy festival for all comedians from Ireland, the UK, USA, Canada and Australia.
Kilkenny Castle
This beautiful 12th century Castle includes a long established rose garden, together with 50 acres of charming and extensive grounds. Access to the castle is by guided tour only. Well worth a visit.
Kilfane Glen And Waterfall
This charming woodland garden dates from 1790 and was designed to display Nature in all its terrifying beauty. This is a garden for all seasons and is the perfect place to enjoy a family picnic.
Dunmore Cave, Ballyfoyle, County Kilkenny.
Dunmore Cave is known as one of the darkest places in Ireland and as the place where the monster Luchtigern 'The Lord of the Mice' was slain according to old Irish literature. The geology and history of Dunmore Cave is explained in an interpretive centre and museum which is located at the entrance.