We arrived in Kilkenny and stopped by the first pub we saw for some dinner. Ends up it is a pub called Kyteler’s Inn, which resides in a house that was built in 1224. A woman lived there who had 4 husbands who all died in suspicious ways. She was charged with witchcraft is 1323 and her ghost is said to still hang around the place. I did not see her ghost, but I had a bowl of Irish stew and a Guinness and thought I’d died and gone to heaven.
At 10 pm we left Kytler’s in search of a place to stay. We went looking for a Butler Court which was highly rated as a medium range accommodation in Kilkenny. We accidentally ended up at Butler House, a high end accommodation that was the house for the women who visited the castle in Medieval Times. The .manager of the hotel, offered us the same price as Butler’s Court off season rate. Still not knowing we were in the wrong place, our mouths dropped as we entered our room. It is a suite with high, high ceilings, floor to ceiling windows, a queen sized and twin sized bed, a sitting area, an entry room and a bathroom with towel warmers! It was so beautiful and luxurious. We felt like we were in the castle.

To get to breakfast we walked through beautifully manicured gardens to the building that had been the old servants quarters and stables. From breakfast we walked into the castle garden and then took a tour of this incredible landmark. It was later in the day as we were strolling down the street that we realized that we were not in the best value accomodation that Rick Steve’s had suggested, but rather the high end Butler House. We could not believe our good fortune.

I love everything about Kilkenny. It is quaint, yet it has a lot to see and explore. Our accommodations are perfectly situated. We re enjoying it so much that we have decided to stay a second day to fully enjoy the beauty of it all.