The Waterford Museum of Treasures now consists of five different museums: Medieval Museum, Bishop's…read morePalace, Reginald's Tower, and Irish Museum of Time and the Irish Silver Museum. At the time of my visit, I ended up on a guided walking tour of the Viking Triangle and a guided tour of the Medieval Museum and Bishop's Palace with free time to revisit the museums as well as the other museums. Highlights: + Price - Budget friendly at €15.00 + The museums are relatively close together. The Reginald's Tower is a max 5 minutes walk down the street if you are casually strolling. + The Medieval Museum you can easily spend 30 - 45 minutes going through the multiple levels of the museum. The highlights were the lower level that were two medieval chambers, the 13th century Choristers' Hall and the 15th century Mayor's Wine Vault. The top level offers a look at different models depicting how Waterford looked during key years. There is also a display of Waterford's charter depicted on multiple parchment scrolls. +Bishop's Palace offers looking at the collect of goods from Georgian and Victorian Waterford including paintings, Waterford crystal, a pair of gorgeous dragon mirrors, Napoleon Mourning Cross that came via his niece whou ended up being married to Thomas Wyse. +There is a cafe in Bishop's Palace that offers a bit of inside seating, as well as outside seating thanks to picnic tables on nicer days. Tips: * Make sure to walk around Reginald's Tower for a few photo ops, as well as a replica ship. * Right behind the Medieval Museum, make sure to stop and view the Dragonslayer Viking Sword by John Hayes and James Doyle of Special Branch Carvings * Reginald's Tower at the time of visit, as well as looking at the website, can be visited for free.

Really nice tour explaining the history of Waterford. Great examples of crystal, china, silver,…read morefurniture and other artifacts. Knowledgeable guides.

This was quite the delightful museum in one of the main churches in downtown Kilkenny. We made an…read moreappointment for a tour, a couple weeks ahead of time, it had a very nice time seeing the grounds. As with most places in Ireland, there is an incredible amount of history that had occurred just in the immediate vicinity. We learned about the history of the church, the area, the people who had built it, and the people who have kept it running. There were some pretty amazing artifacts that had come from the grounds, primarily during renovations, and some incredibly ornate headstones. The whole tour lasted about an hour, was contained within the church and the courtyard, and there were also some fun Legos that were hidden throughout the place that kept our kids entertained. Don't forget to go in the upper room. It has a beautiful view out to the city! All in all, this is a great spot and well worth your time.

My sister and I popped into the museum and were greeted by two of the kindest gentlemen working…read morethere, Joe and John. They took over 30 minutes out of their day to tell us the history of Kilkenny and about the architectural features of the city. The museum itself was incredible and did a great job modernizing the facility while respecting and honoring the history. Joe and John made the museum the highlight of our Kilkenny day trip!

It's impressive to me when I see such old structures that are still standing. We sure don't make…read more'em like we used to, do we? Reginald's Tower was originally built as a Viking fort for defense. If you go across the street by the water, you can see a cannonball that is still stuck in the facade. Inside, there's a small museum where you can learn more about it's history.

Vikings and the port were so important to building this city and its history. Learn about it…read more Not a bad little museum. Allot approximately 30-40 minutes to visit if you want to read and listen to the documentary. If not, 15 minutes can get you in and out. 45 minutes if you listen to the tour guide. I recommend the quick documentary at the top floor.

I had no idea that there was a port in Ireland and that a group of passengers embarked on the…read moreTitanic from here. But I learned all about that when I visited the museum in Cobh. At the beginning of your tour, you receive a boarding pass-a replica of an actual passenger on the ship-and you follow their journey through the museum. You see where the different classes would have slept, dined and spent time being entertained. At the end, you can find out if your passenger survived or not. The museum itself is a little light, but does have some interesting things on exhibit. However, knowing that you're in the exact spot that passengers would have queued up to board is where the draw is. Such a tragedy and it's nice to be able to honor those people and learn more about their individual experiences.

This was a really well done experience. I thought it would be just a museum or a movie or talk or…read moresomething but they did their best to put us in the shoes of those who got on the ill-fated voyage from Cobh. I left saddened but with a greater understanding of what happened. I recommend.

Excellent tour of the Dunbrody! Our guide, Adam, and the two re-enactors were perfect. We received…read morea great deal of information about the Dunbrody, and the living conditions onboard the voyage to Savannah. The actors represented a first class passenger and steerage passenger with her baby, talking to us in the middle of steerage quarters. They were wonderful! After Adam and the actors, we toured the quarantine area and quarters for first class passengers. We also posed by the bell and steering wheel. The section after the tour was a revelation of Irish who immigrated to United States - Maureen O'Hara, Walt Disney, JFK's great grandfather, and so many others. The gift shop had reasonably priced souvenirs. We bought shirts, necklaces, chocolate and a polo shirt for under $74. Leaving the ship area, we admired the emigrant flame, lit from the eternal flame at JFKs' sure in DC.

Somber, yet insightful. The living conditions for the poor Irish was disheartening. I enjoyed…read morelistening to the re-enactment of Mrs. White and Mrs. O'Brien, the poor and rich travelers of the Dunbrody. I also enjoyed the Irish hall of fame, which included several political figures, movie stars, JFK, and Walt Disney. Ironically, the "museum" part of the famine ship included a restaurant (in which we indulged in the carrot cake and some tea). We were given 3 hours here, which was probably a little too much time for the tour, gift shop, exploring the town nearby, and lunch

Amazing place. Once housed British soldiers and Cromwells men. Now, thankfully they are gone and…read moreit houses a cafe, a shop with great local gifts and gallerys. Guided tours available as well. Overlooks the famous beach and allow yourself at least an hour to look around.

Wife wanted to visit some castles while we were in Ireland, and while this isn't really a castle,…read moreit's a home that has been built to look like a castle. Took the guided tour which was very nice, house is large and was the site of an agricultural college, there are some exhibits before the guided tour that you can go through that will give you a sense of the history of the area and what Irish farmers endured. Surrounded by beautiful grounds and gardens this trip is well worth 3 or 4 hours of your time. Gift shop and small cafe with reasonable prices and good food.

Was a beautiful place in 2015 and it was even more beautiful in 2019. They totally improved the…read moreexperience with new entry and dining facility. The grounds are even more impressive than I remember. Nice quiet place to visit and full of peacocks and swans

As our tour group visited Waterford Crystal last week, our guide mentioned that a 9/11 memorial had…read morejust been dedicated at a museum across the street. We checked it out and learned the memorial was pretty much brand new - just being dedicated on September 16, 2018. The memorial contains a small steel beam from one of the WTC towers sitting at an angle on a grid-work metal support that resembles what the towers looked like before that terrible day. It's located on the second level at Bishop's Palace, in the Menapia Plaza. It's a very pretty setting, on an oval shaped lawn ringed by shrubs, flowers and benches. A wall plaque nearby reads: September 11th, 2001 Lest We Forget This piece of steel was retrieved from the ruins of the World Trade Centre. It serves as a memorial to the many lives that were lost during the terrorist attacks on 11th September 2001. Unveiled 16th September by Cllr. Declan Doocey Mayor of the City and County of Waterford