museums kilkenny

The Museum is situated on the outskirts of this beautiful village, Bennettsbridge, overlooking the silvery waters of the river Nore, looking across at some of the most beautiful scenery in Ireland, including Mount Leinster and the Black Stairs Mountains.

The Museum houses a fine collection of objects of Irish historical interest, it also houses an old time Kitchen, Pub, Carpenters Workshop, Forge, Threshing Set and Dairy as well as displays of old Irish Transport and a Petrol Station,...

A 17th century two storey "Thatched Mansion". This was the home of Lory Meagher, a great hurling hero of the 1920s and 1930s. It has been restorded and refurbished to the 1884 period. It provides a unique insight into how a typical Irish wealthy farming family might have lived.

"Heroes of Hurling" is Ireland's first and only exhibition centre and museum dedicated to a single county's exploits in Gaelic Games. In a magnificent restored stone builidng, four display areas show a weal...

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