Things to do in Kilkenny?

Subject: Things to do in Kilkenny?
From: Gwenzilla
Date: 17 Aug 06 - 02:45 AM

Friday morning, 18 August, I leave London to take a train-ferry combination to Dublin, where I get on another train to Kilkenny. For the next week, I'll be at the Scoil na gCláirseach in Kilkenny. What folky activities should I be on the lookout for in the evenings? Are there any quiet/slow sessiuns in Kilkenny that don't mind harpers (I promise not to bring the whole Scoil) or singers?

Subject: RE: Things to do in Kilkenny?
From: The Sandman
Date: 17 Aug 06 - 05:49 AM

if you send me a personal message I can give you a contact number.

Subject: RE: Things to do in Kilkenny?
From: Geoff Wallis
Date: 17 Aug 06 - 01:38 PM

Do better than Captain Birdseye's suggestion and buy the new edition of The Rough Guide to Ireland which provides information on all the city's best sessions.

Subject: RE: Things to do in Kilkenny?
From: fat B****rd
Date: 20 Aug 06 - 01:02 PM

Music aside have a look round the castle. If you get the pretty French young lady as a guide you're in luck. 'scuse thresd drift and enjoy your visit.

Subject: RE: Things to do in Kilkenny?
From: MARINER
Date: 20 Aug 06 - 02:20 PM

There's a pub there called Cleare's (sp?) that puts on good live music. I saw Tom Russell there a few months back . Apparently it's a regular good gig house . Not sure about sessions though. Either way enjoy yourself

Subject: RE: Things to do in Kilkenny?
From: s&r
Date: 21 Aug 06 - 03:46 AM

We have a relative near Kilkenny. When we visit we find sessions almost non-existent. There's plenty of music, but mostly by a band, and often rock, or 'Country and Irish'. Our experience is that sessions are much easier to find in the West. We'd like to know of sessions for when we visit.

Stu