Ireland Tours - Kilkenny Medieval Castle and Irish City Tour

You Deserve the Ultimate Ireland Travel Experience!

Whether you prefer a romantic chauffeur-driven guided tours for two to large tour groups to Ireland, Michele and John Hammond will see to every detail to create the Ultimate Ireland Adventure for you and your party. If you enjoy history, you are sure to appreciate Kilkenny, a 400 year old city surrounded by medieval Irish history that predates the city by centuries.

We can arrange for you to Tour Kilkenny Castle, which dominates the "High Town" of Kilkenny City. This medieval Anglo-Norman stone castle was built in the first decade of the thirteenth century for William Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke (c.1146-1219). For more information on the history of this Irish Castle, we recommend you visit:

Heritage Ireland
Battle of the Boyne
Butler Gallery

Custom Ireland Tours

In addition to your tour experiencing all the marvelous sights and sounds of Ireland, your luxury tour of Ireland will include luxury hotel or castle hotel accommodations.

The Kilkenny Hibernian Hotel in Kilkenny City Center, is available to our visitors on our tours. This fine Irish establishment is centrally located and offers 4 Star Luxury Hotel Accommodations, The CITY Bar & Grill, the Hibernian Bar and Morrissons Nightclub, wireless internet access, conference facilities,

You are welcome to Kilkenny on your own, or let us create a Custom Ireland Tour for a truly memorable Ireland experience.

This lovely impressive Irish-Victorian building was erected in the mid-19th century. The hotel formerly was home to the Hackett family, including Dr. Hackett a friend and supporter of Charles Stuart Parnell during the 1880's Land Wars, Francis Hackett (1883-1962) acclaimed biographer, and novelist Frances Hackett (1884-1963), his sister.

This lovely Kilkenny hotel was leased to the Hibernian Bank in 1901. It was rebuilt and the original building was extended the over the next four years. In the 1960's when the Hibernian Bank became the Bank of Ireland, the building was acquired by the Avonmore Food Group. In 1998 the present owners purchased the property. Following an extensive renovation of the building, the Kilkenny Hibernian Hotel opened its doors to guests in May 2000.

The Kilkenny Hibernian Hotel now offers 46 elegant guest rooms, each of which offers a soothing ambiance to travelers.

Each of the guest rooms at this Kilkenny 4 Star Hotel are equipped with luxury queen or king size beds, remote controlled color television, free wireless internet access, direct dial telephone, hairdryer, trouser press, iron and an extensive room service menu.

This fine hotel offers a fine place to rest at the end of the day on any one of our Signature Ireland Tours.