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Kilkenny Car Rentals

Car rental in Kilkenny City is available 6-days a week. The closest alternative car rental location for Kilkenny is the Waterford Airport where car rental is offered 7-days a week with extended hours.

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County Kilkenny is located in The Republic of Ireland located approximately 100 km south east of Dublin and is named after Kilkenny City which is its principle and largest City. Kilkenny City has been nicknamed “The Marble City” as it famous for the black marble which was once mined nearby.

About Kilkenny

Kilkenny is home of Kilkenny Castle and the Kilkenny Design Craft Centre which is situated in what was once the stables of the castle. Adjacent to the castle is the National Craft Gallery. The collective inventory of these venues offers some of Ireland’s most popular and creative gifts and works of art.
For history buffs, Kilkenny City and environs (including Jerpoint Abbey in nearby Thomastown) are known for having some of Ireland’s best medieval architecture. Kilkenny City is also a great visitor location with a great variety of craft and art shops, pubs and restaurants. In addition to all that the City and the local area offers, Kilkenny makes for a good car touring base as its is also conveniently located to other major tourist attractions including Glendalough and The Wicklow Mountains, Waterford and Waterford Crystal, Cork and Blarney Castle, as well as, the scenic “Golden Vale”, Rock of Cashel and Chair Castle.

VisitIreland® Knows Kilkenny Car Rentals And So Much More!

VisitIreland offers much more than Kilkenny car hire including hotel and sightseeing packages, secure online hotel bookings, flexible “Go As You Please” self-drive packages (which include car rental, accommodation, touring guides and discount admission passes to top attractions) a complete range of escorted tours of Ireland and a range of day and short duration sightseeing excursions from Dublin. For more information on things to see and do in Ireland we encourage you to visit our brochures and regional guide of Ireland sections of our web site.