Park Villa is a damn serviceable B&B located just outside the centre of Kilkenny. It's just across the road from the New Park Hotel, but then there's a few B&Bs along there, so if you make a booking, keep an eye out for the yellow building. And if you get the Bus Eireann bus, the driver might be kind enough to let you out at the New Park rather than bringing you into the centre of town (probably only if you have no luggage in the hold, though). And for only €35 or so per night per person sharing - cheap as chips.
Bear in mind, it's a B&B rather than a hotel, so you can't swan down and have breakfast whenever you want: half 9 at the latest. Though they didn't seem to mind too much when we didn't want any, in fact they knocked a few euros off.
Vicky, the lady that runs the place, was extremely nice and helpful in recommending things for us to do around the town, and even gave us a map (lots of people will offer to give you maps, as if Kilkenny was some vast impenetrable metropolis, rather than a very small provincial city).
And you may or not have noticed the suspiciously desirable domain name of the Park Villa Bed and Breakfast (see above). This is because Vicky, the proprietress, is a web designer (vicky.ie).
That plug better be good for a few euros off next visit, Vicky. read more