# St Canice's Cathedral and the climb up the round tower

What to do en Kilkenny · Kilkenny

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/kilkenny/things-to-do/st-canices-cathedral · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Desde: 12 € person
- Duración: 1 h
- Temporada: All year; from October to April closed on Sunday
- Para quién: From age 12 for the tower climb

Visit · 1 h · from €12 with the tower · the Gothic cathedral and the round tower, climbed by internal ladders

At the top of the Irishtown district, at the far end of the Medieval Mile, stands St Canice's Cathedral, which gives the city its name (Kilkenny comes from Cill Chainnigh, the church of Canice). It is a 13th-century Gothic cathedral, wide and bright inside, with tombs of the Butlers. Beside it rises an older round tower, which you can climb by internal ladders to a window with the whole city at your feet.
From €12 for the cathedral with the tower. Mind the opening hours: from October to April it is closed on Sunday, and the rest of the year on Sunday it does not open until 13:00. There is a first-come queue for the tower: go early.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.stcanicescathedral.ie/
- Coordenadas: 52.6581, -7.2569

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Destino: [Kilkenny](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/kilkenny.md)