Black Freren Gate

Kilkenny City


This is the only gate from the old Norman city walls still standing, albeit with the help of metal bracing these days. Crumbling sections of the old walls remain throughout the city centre.


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4. St Canice's Cathedral

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5. Tholsel

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6. Medieval Mile Museum

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7. Maudlin Tower

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One of the surviving corner towers of Kilkenny's medieval city walls.

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