Three courtyards
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A late sixteenth-century merchant's townhouse complex in Kilkenny, built by the merchant John Rothe between 1594 and 1610, made up of three houses one behind another, three enclosed courtyards and a large reconstructed garden with an orchard. It is the only complete surviving example in Ireland of a town plot of its era with all its parts, and keeps many original features, from stone arches to fireplaces and timber ceilings. It belongs to the Kilkenny Archaeological Society and shows its collection on the history of the city and county, from old tools to historic costume, while the back garden has been replanted with plants and fruit trees common in the seventeenth century. Self-guided tickets are about €9 for adults, per visitor guides. It's on the Medieval Mile between the castle and the cathedral, easy to fit into a walk around central Kilkenny.
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Old fruit trees.
Kilkenny's past.
Parliament Street, Kilkenny
St Canice's Cathedral and Round TowerA thirteenth-century cathedral that gave Kilkenny its name, as Kilkenny means «C4 minutes walk4.7
Medieval Mile MuseumA museum in the historic thirteenth-century St Mary's Church in central Kilkenny4 minutes walk4.7
Kilkenny CastleA stately castle built in 1260 on the bank of the River Nore to control its cros7 minutes walk4.8It is the only complete surviving example in Ireland of a late-1500s town plot, with its three houses, courtyards and garden.