At Kilkenny Courthouse · Parliament Street, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Only the published dates are confirmed for this programme.
Shenanigans Walks runs a Samhain-themed edition of its Kilkenny walking tour on Saturday 24 October 2026, part of Savour Kilkenny Food Festival’s Halloween programme in the city. The one-hour tour sets off from Kilkenny Courthouse on Parliament Street at 5pm, leading a small group through the city’s medieval streets and alleyways with stories built around Samhain, the old Celtic festival marking the turn from harvest into winter that Halloween descends from.
Kilkenny’s medieval core, with its narrow slips and lanes running off the High Street, suits this kind of folklore-led walk well, and running it at dusk in late October leans into the atmosphere rather than working against it. Because the route covers cobbled and uneven medieval streets and alleyways, it is not wheelchair accessible, and the organisers ask anyone with accessibility needs to contact them directly before booking so they can advise on the best option.
The tour sits alongside Savour Kilkenny’s wider Savour Samhain programme, which runs across the same October bank holiday weekend as the food festival itself, giving visitors a folklore and history option alongside the food-focused events elsewhere in the city that weekend. Places are limited, and the organisers advise booking ahead rather than turning up on the night, since walking tours of this size tend to sell out during the Halloween season.
Kilkenny Courthouse is on Parliament Street in the medieval city centre, within easy walking distance of the Parade and the main city-centre car parks.
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