National Craft Gallery

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Lonely Planet review

National Craft Gallery, opposite Kilkenny Castle, showcases contemporary Irish crafts. It's part of the former stables that also house the Kilkenny Design Centre. The high-quality exhibitions highlight the diversity and imagination of crafts in contemporary Ireland. Ceramics dominate, but exhibits regularly feature furniture, jewellery and weaving from the members of the Crafts Council of Ireland. There are regular classes in pottery and jewellery-making.

Behind the complex, look for the walkway that extends into the beautiful gardens of Butler House, a hotel you can exit through to Patrick St. Look for the fountain made from remnants of the British-built Nelson Column, blown up by nationalists in Dublin almost 100 years ago.