Shopping

Sells top-end Irish crafts and artworks, from county-wide artisans. Look for John Hanly wool blankets, Cushendale woollen goods, Foxford scarves and Bunbury cutting boards.

Originally from Germany, Rudolf Heltzel has been creating fine-art jewellery in Kilkenny since 1968. His intricate and unusual pendants are hand-fashioned from gold, platinum, silver and a range of precious and semi…

The largest bookshop in town, stocking plenty of Irish-interest fiction and nonfiction, periodicals and a good range of maps. There's a cafe upstairs.

Kilkenny's weekly farmers market is a showcase for local produce.