Kilkenny

 Another town that is cute as a button! 

 we went to view Kilkinney castle and it was lovely. However it was lived in until the early 1900s and was displayed as a late 1800s home so it felt more Downton Abbey than medieval castle.  But it was still beautiful  

These are pre-historic and were Gianormous. It was fashionable to have one of these as a conversation starter.

This is the oldest part of the castle - dates back to the 1200’s.  The windows are for shooting arrows through and the walls were about 6 feet thick

This is the ceiling in the oldest part 

Table they used in 1800 and 1900’s to lay the dead for their wake.  It was also the room where guests entered. The table weighs close to a ton

We had dinner just down the street - really good meal - filet of beef and prawns   Shan enjoyed it so much she cleaned her plate!

We stayed at Butler house which is the dowager house for Kilkenny castle. It’s a lovely three story with the basement townhouses he typed the place with beautiful gardens in in the back that actually you can get to the castle from.

It’s a lovely three story with a basement town housing type a place with beautiful gardens in in the back that actually you can get to the castle from.

Breakfast this morning was really nice Shan and I sat there going wow could you imagine this being your dining room?.  It was a huge room with beautiful ceilings.  the breakfast was lovely and Missy actually ate a blueberry and didn’t die - ha ha

Our room - actually3 rooms with  a vestibule was great