Happy Christmas to all our wonderful visitors! Following on from the latest Government Covid restrictions, we have made some changes to our advertised programme. Our Christmas Lights will remain on for the duration of the Christmas school holidays, so if you are looking for some festive exercise come visit us over the next days. Due…
This Christmas will be different but one thing that will stay the same is our love of spending time with our family and friends. While we won’t be having Santa visit us this year, we do have the Christmas lights up for you to enjoy. This is a free event and no booking is necessary.…
Castlecomer Take Top Prize in “Pride of Place Awards in the Community Tourism Initiative category Castlecomer Discovery Park and Kilkenny County Council both scooped prizes at the all-Ireland Pride of Place community awards on Saturday evening. The awards, hosted by Marty Morrissey, took place online due to the Covid pandemic with 6,000 people logging in…
Fossils from the Castlecomer Plateau A Kilkenny Science Festival Event Date: Saturday 14th November 2020 Time: 17.00-17.45 Format: online via. Zoom platform (link will be emailed in advance to those registered) Free but registration required: Here 320,000,000! Did you know significant 320-million-year-old fossils were discovered in the coal mines of North Kilkenny? Castlecomer Discovery Park’s…
The Science behind Ireland’s longest Ziplines We are delighted to release our video “The Science behind Ireland’s longest Ziplines” as part of Kilkenny Science Festival. Castlecomer Discovery Park is delighted to be part of the festival which runs during Science Week, 8-15 November 2020. The video was created by our Education Officer Nichola Salmon and our…
Wolf Walkers Walking Trail at Castlecomer Discovery Park Congratulations to Cartoon Saloon for their latest Oscar Nomination! Here at the Discovery Park we have been inspired by this epic tale to create our very own “Be A Wolf” Trail around the park, before you celebrate 93rd Academy Awards why not come out and do our…
From the Science behind Ireland’s longest ziplines to 320-million-year-old amphibian fossils, Castlecomer Discovery Park takes part in the first Kilkenny Science Festival The Kilkenny Science Festival is the newest addition to Kilkenny’s rich festival calendar. Castlecomer Discovery Park is delighted to be part of the festival which runs during Science Week, 8-15 November 2020. From…
Press Release Wolf Walkers Walking Trail at Castlecomer Discovery Park October is WolfWalkers Month in Kilkenny, Celebrate it with us! As we enter this latest Phase 5 lockdown phase, we will not be running our adventure activities on weekends and during mid term break as originally planned. However our 80 acre park remains open for…
From tomorrow 8th October we will be entering Level 3 of the “Living with Covid Plan”, The Discovery park will remain open as a recreational resource for the people of Kilkenny. In order to operate in line with Government recommendations we have made a few adjustments to the way we operate. Please adhere to travel…
Thanks to all the hundreds of visitors that came to the park over the summer, a massive thank you for supporting us during this challenging time. As kids go back to school and Autumn draws in, we now change our opening times. We will be open to general public each weekend until November 1st 2020. …
