Kilkenny Day Tour

Our tour is designed to give you the best experience of Medieval Kilkenny city. We will work with you on customized your tour with options below within the time frame allocated for the day dependant on pick up and drop off times and locations.
  • Pick up at your hotel for your own private tour. (your party only will be on the tour)
  • KILKENNY CASTLE established on the River Nore in the early 13th century built by William Marshall.
  • KILKENNY CATHEDRAL also known as St Canices Cathedral founded in the 6th century after the famous Saint of the City of which it gets its name as Gaeilge; Cill Chainnigh meaning ‘Church of Canice’.
  • BLACK FRIARY is a Dominican Friary established 1225 AD.
  • ST. MARYS CATHEDRALwas built 1843-1857 by William Dean Butler. It is an impressive 186 feet limestone structure.
  • SMITHWICKS BREWERY has 300 years of Brewing experience and the history afforded to this wonderful drink.
  • Drop of at your hotel accommodation

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Royal Historical Tours qualified tour guide will pick you up from your hotel reception in our luxury vehicle for a customized tour for your party only.

Ancestry Tour

Our certified genealogist and tour guide Ian, will take you on an immersive experience to see where your ancestors once worshipped, worked, lived and loved. We have various tour options available to you. Have you completed your genealogy research and know where you want to visit? Driving in Ireland can often be challenging as searching for your ancestors on local roads can be difficult and time consuming. Royal Historical tours qualified tour guide and certified genealogist can take you ‘home’. Do you require genealogy research? We are partnered with award winning genealogy company, My Ireland Heritage that can undertake your genealogy research as they specialize in finding your ancestors exact location in the 1800’s.

I hired Ian Darragh as my guide for the day. Not only is he incredibly engaging, funny and personable but astutely experienced in genealogy and Irish history – the good, bad and ugly. There was not a moment that I wasn’t fascinated with the tales.

BUT what took it over the top was his perseverance in the goal to help me locate some kind of trace of my ancestors. With a stop at the Louth County Library and a few friendly calls on some local elders we headed to Monasterboice to see the High Cross. What was wholy unexpected was to find my ancestors memorial just yards away in the same graveyard!

The day was beyond memorable and I cannot wait to book another adventure with Ian as I continue to research my Irish Ancestors and discover more about the amazing isle of Ireland.

– Cristin Carr Strubbe, USA, 2023

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