Where a car takes you from Kilkenny
These are the day trips from Kilkenny on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Goatsbridge Trout Farm, Thomastown Goatsbridge Trout Farm, 18km south in Thomastown, runs guided smokery tours ending with a farm lunch and sells cold-smoked trout and caviar from the s
- Knockdrinna Farmhouse Cheese, Stoneyford Knockdrinna in Stoneyford, 12km west, sells Helen Finnegan's award-winning goat and sheep cheeses direct alongside Goatsbridge products and Highbank s
- Lady Helen at Mount Juliet Estate, Thomastown Lady Helen at Mount Juliet holds one Michelin star in the 2026 guide; chef John Kelly's tasting menu overlooks the River Nore from a Georgian country
- Waterford City food day trip Waterford, 50km south, is a half-day trip for the Waterford Blaa, the PGI-protected floury bread roll unique to the Deise region, sold by local bakeri
Booking a car in Kilkenny
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 10.06 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz, Keddy, National
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.