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Knight For Hire Tour: Explore Medieval Kilkenny City
4.9
59 Ratings
Kilkenny
This opportunity allows you to explore Kilkenny City, accompanied by a merry medieval knight as your tour guide.
Ideal for families, the tour combines a small amount of walking, a sprinkling of history, and an abundance of enjoyment for all age groups.
This opportunity allows you to explore Kilkenny City, accompanied by a merry medieval knight as your tour guide.
Ideal for families, the tour combines a small amount of walking, a sprinkling of history, and an abundance of enjoyment for all age groups.
Duration:
1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Canal Square - Our local knight will meet you in the shadow of Kilkenny castle, where they will give a quick introduction and Health and safety talk before giving a unique perspective on the area and telling a bit of its history
- Tourist Information Office (Shee Alms House) - We stop here at the back of the building to talk about its history….
- Canal Square - Our local knight will meet you in the shadow of Kilkenny castle, where they will give a quick introduction and Health and safety talk before giving a unique perspective on the area and telling a bit of its history
- Tourist Information Office (Shee Alms House) - We stop here at the back of the building to talk about its history.
- Medieval Mile Museum - We stop outside the museum to talk a bit about the history of the building and its role in Kilkennys political history.
- High Street - We stop for a quick chat on the High street to talk about what it might have looked like in medieval times
- Pennyfeather Lane - As we walk along the lane we discuss what life would have been like and the living conditions of medieval times.
- Talbot Tower - The highlight of the tour, enjoy the beauty and history of the small park surrounding the tower, while learning about the armour and weapons used by medieval knights.
- Kilkenny Castle - Arriving at the gates of the castle we end the tour with a bit of history of the castle and its role in Kilkenny.
What's Included
- All Fees and Taxes
- All Fees and Taxes
Location
Canal Square
On canal square, just past the hurling statue.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(59 Ratings)
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Phxvfamtravels_1313
Aug 4, 2025
Knight for Hire Experience - Fun and unique was to tour Kilkenny! Guide (Dylan) was really knowledgeable and went at a pace that was perfect for our family (11, 17, and 2 adults).
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Lynnf898
Jul 17, 2025
Interesting tour with a real life Knight! - Interesting tour with tales bringing the history of Kilkenny to life. We really enjoyed Dylan’s local knowledge and his obvious interest in medieval history. Visiting the tower is a great insight in to the past and we peppered Dylan with lots of questions about his armour and his interests in it. Boys enjoyed trying on some of the armour. Really enjoyable!
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Lisa
Jul 13, 2025
Kilkenny by Knight! Exclusive Educational Tour - As we walked the historic walled streets of Kilkenny w/a knight leading us on an educational tour, we gathered a lot of fun attention. The tour brought us to an exclusive wall lookout building. When the knight opened the lock and we gathered inside the nerdy school child came back to life. Inside he explained knight armor, training, history, and best of all we got to try on some of the armor. We got amazing pictures. This is a must tour from a Kilkenny local.
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Wendieandniallo
Jul 8, 2025
Great tour - To quote my " it was an awesome tour and the swords were really cool"
Dylan was a fantastic guide and gave us an amazing tour of medieval Kilkenny.
As it was just the two of us, it was very personal. And Dykan was only stopped once for pictures.
Would definitely recommend for families.
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P744cnandrews
Jun 25, 2025
Travel back in time - “I REALLY liked the tour with the knight.” That was a quote from my 8 year-old daughter after our trip. And I agree. I can’t imagine a better way to tour Kilkenny. This was like traveling back in time. Dylan is a perfect tour guide — funny, informative, entertaining, friendly. He truly brought the past back to life. We learned a ton, laughed a lot, and even got to try on armor and hold swords. Great for families. Highly recommend.
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Louise_f
Jun 21, 2025
Nice tour - We happened to be the only 2 on the tour (mid 40`s) Dylan was a lovely guy, knew the history very well. He must have been boiling in his armour, it was 28 degrees the day we went. Great tour for families, laid back and informative not too much walking. Would highly recommend.
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Martinl796
Jun 15, 2025
Fun and interesting tour - Enjoyed the tour, interesting content and talking about battle recreation and historic events, good knowledge, interesting stops, nice guy
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Footprints518461
May 3, 2025
Touring the hidden gems of Kilkenny… with your very own knight in shining armour! - I love Kilkenny and the walking tour with Dylan, the knight, made it come to life as the medieval city that it is!! He was entertaining and knowledgeable and such a pleasure to spend time with. Another very special thing about this tour is that it avoids some of the more ‘touristy’ spots and instead takes you into little known gems that no other tour does. The Talbot Tower was probably my favourite stop on the tour, and I don’t think you’ll find that on any other tour in Kilkenny… even the locals don’t know about it! Thank you Sir Dylan for an unforgettable experience!!
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Jeanne
Apr 13, 2025
Passionate about Kilkenny Hustory - Dillion is amazing. He walks about town in his Knights amour discussing the history of the “city”. He has a lot of interesting stories to tell. Really enjoyed the knights amour explanation in the Talbot Tower. Definitely recommend this tour for families with boys. interesting and a quick and easy walk since Dillion is in amour
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Debra_l
Jun 7, 2025
The tour guide was... - The tour guide was knowledgeable and fun! Saw many spots. Would have liked to go in some of them as part of the tour.
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