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Kilkenny by car


Kilkenny by car

  • Carlow - about 30 mins. Take N9 primary road to Paulstown, then the N10 to Kilkenny.
  • Cork - about 2 hours. Take the N8 towards Fermoy. After Mitchelstown, turn right (N24) towards Cahir/Clonmel. About 8km after Clonmel, turn left (N76) and follow signposts for Kilkenny.
  • Dublin - about 2 hours. From the M50 motorway, take the Red Cow Roundabout exit south (N8, N9). This road becomes a motorway. A junction 9, the road splits. Take the turn for M9 (Waterford, Kilkenny). Continue on this road through Carlow. At Paulstown, take the N10 to Kilkenny.
  • Limerick - Take the N24 to Tipperary town. Just after the centre, take a right towards Cashel/Kilkenny (N74). Drive through Cashel, then take the N8 to Urlingford. After Urlingford, follow the signposts to the right to Freshford/Kilkenny (R693). In Freshford, at the T junction turn right, cross the bridge and turn left. The road goes straight to Kilkenny.
  • Waterford - about 40 mins. Take N9 primary road towards Dublin. North of Waterford, take the N10 to Kilkenny.
  • Wexford - about 1 hour. Take N25 towards New Ross. Take the bypass around New Ross, until you hit a T junction. Turn right towards Enniscorthy for a few hundred metres, then turn left towards Kilkenny(R700).
  • A new motorway, the M9, has now opened from Dublin and takes a mere hour to arrive in Kilkenny from the M50.

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