1810 Restaurant

We had our dinner at the restaurant in the hotel.

Cheers!

Calamari Rings

Vol Au Vent

Roast Irish Beef

Hoban Beef Burger

Sticky Toffee Pudding

Apple crumble

Hoban Hotel

We reached Kilkenny and went straight to the hotel. 

Jameson whiskey tasting

The last part of the tour is the whiskey tasting.

We were given three pegs of different whiskey

Another one for the road at the bar

Jameson Midleton Distillery

It all started in 1780 when John Jameson established a way of making whiskey in Bow Street, Dublin. The distillery moved to Midleton in 1975. We joined the Midleton Distillery Experience which is a fully guided tour around the Midleton Distillery. We learnt that a spirit must spend a minimum of three years maturing on the island of Ireland before it can call itself Irish whiskey.

Our tour began with an introduction to Jameson

Triple distillation

This is the largest pot still in the world

Built in 1825 it has a capacity of 143,872 litres

Kissing the Blarney Stone

The Blarney Stone is actually a block of limestone built into the battlements of the Blarney Castle in 1446. Legend has it that by kissing the Blarney Stone, it will endow the kisser with the gift of the gab.

Did you notice an improvement in my eloquence?

Blarney Castle

The castle was built by Cormac MacCarthy, King of Munster in 1446. Only the castle keep is still standing today. It is famous for its Blarney Stone where visitors come to kiss.

The Blarney Stone is up there

Whatever it is, I didn't do it

127 steps to the stone

At the top

Kissing the stone