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14 Dec 2025

'Significant interest' from hotel sector in Kilkenny City site

The news comes following reports that the site (located in the Abbey Quarter in Kilkenny) is being brought to market

'Significant interest' from hotel sector in Kilkenny City site

Sites for a potential hotel (orange circles) identified in a graphic contained within the Abbey Quarter Draft Masterplan Guidance Document published in October 2023

There has been ‘significant interest’ from the hotel sector in relation to a site in the Abbey Quarter.

That’s according to the Development Director with Kilkenny Abbey Quarter Development Partnership, Tony Lauhoff.

The news comes following reports that the site is being brought to market.

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Mr Lauhoff told Kilkenny Live that the scope for developing a hotel on the site ‘is provided for within the Abbey Quarter Masterplan’.

“Many different hotel models are being considered due to the varying needs of interested parties,” he said.

“Final plans will also be subject to a rigorous planning process,” he added.

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