€500,000 Skywalk Challenge officially opens at Castlecomer Discovery Park Castlecomer Discovery Park’s €500,000 Skywalk Challenge has now officially opened and the world-class, high ropes adventure course is already making a significant contribution to rural tourism, revenue and employment in Kilkenny and the Ireland’s Ancient East region. The Skywalk Challenge is the latest adventure offering at…
We are delighted to announce we have a number of vacancies at the Discovery Park. Please see below: Adventure Park Activity Manager Reports to the General Manager. Will have five years’ work experience as an Adventure Park Activity Manager or similar role. Castlecomer Discovery Park is a multi-activity, award-winning adventure park in Co. Kilkenny operating…
Castlecomer should stand up and take a bow, it’s a real testament to what a community can achieve to create change for themselves. For hundreds of years Castlecomer was defined by its coalmining industry, it formed the economic and social fabric of the town. So when the mines closed with the loss of hundreds of…
Last week we were so delighted to join the cream of Irish Social Enterprise for RETHINK IRELAND’S first ever virtual Social Enterprise Development Fund Showcase. Over 500 people joined the event from all over the world, from Roscommon to Rosslare and all the way over to Peru! The event even trended on twitter with the…
December 31st 2020 In line with the latest Government restrictions, Castlecomer Discovery Park is making some changes to its planned programming. Visitors Please Note! The Canopy Cafe and Christmas lights will be closed effective today 31st December at 3.00. The park remains open for walkers and we welcome those from within the 5KM radius to…
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…
