St Mary's Cathedral

St Canice's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral of Kilkenny. The present building dates from the 13th century and is the second-longest cathedral in Ireland. Behind the cathedral is a well-preserved 30m round tower dating from the 9th century.

Jerpoint Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey, founded in the 1160s. In 1540 Jerpoint, like all British abbeys, was closed when the monasteries were dissolved. Jerpoint was then one of the wealthiest Cistercian abbeys in Ireland, but comparable in size to the smaller Cistercian establishments in England. Thanks to the passive attitude of the owners after the dissolution, the monastery was in a relatively good state of preservation until the 19th century. Jerpoint Abbey is notable for its 15th century stone carvings of animals, plants and figures. The best-preserved part of the building is the east wing.

St. Laserian's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral of Leighlin. The cathedral was built in the Middle Ages in place of the abbey church (dated 632). It is one of the smallest of its time. It is Gothic in style - the size of its windows is no larger than a Romanesque window - and has a low square crenellated tower. The northern arm of its transept is in ruins.