Editing Kilkenny (section)

===Railway===
{{See also|Rail transport in Ireland}}
[[File:Kilkenny Railway Station, 2024-03-22 01.jpg|thumb|[[Kilkenny railway station]]]]

[[Kilkenny railway station]] opened on 12 May 1848.<ref>{{cite book| first=R.V.J.| last=Butt| title=The Directory of Railway Stations| publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd| year=1995| isbn=1-85260-508-1|pages =132}}</ref> Kilkenny acquired [[railway]] links to [[Dublin]] in 1850, [[Waterford]] in 1854, [[Portlaoise]] in 1876 and [[Castlecomer]] in 1919. [[Córas Iompair Éireann]] closed the Castlecomer and Kilkenny Junction lines in 1962. Kilkenny railway station was renamed McDonagh Station in 1966 after the Irish nationalist, poet and playwright [[Thomas MacDonagh]]. Kilkenny is a stop on [[Iarnród Éireann]]'s [[Inter-city rail|Intercity]] route between Dublin and Waterford.

From Kilkenny station trains run on the [[Dublin–Waterford railway line]], providing connections in [[Waterford railway station|Waterford]] to [[Clonmel railway station|Clonmel]] and stations to [[Limerick Junction]]. At [[Kildare railway station|Kildare]] connecting trains provide links to [[Ballina railway station|Ballina]], [[Westport railway station, Mayo|Westport]], [[Galway railway station|Galway]], [[Ennis railway station|Ennis]], [[Ballybrophy railway station|Ballybrophy]], [[Nenagh railway station|Nenagh]], [[Limerick railway station|Limerick]], [[Killarney railway station|Killarney]], [[Tralee railway station|Tralee]] and [[Cork railway station|Cork]].