Welcome to the Abarta Audioguide to Kilmallock and its medieval marvels!
2 minSt Mocheallóg first founded a monastery on Kilmallock Hill in around 600 AD
3 minKilmallock is one of Ireland's best preserved medieval walled towns
5 minIt is thought that King’s Castle sits on the site of one of the medieval town gates
4 minThe magnificent Dominican Priory of St Saviour was founded in 1291
5 minThe best surviving example of one of the many medieval stone mansions of Kilmallock
4 minThe Collegiate Church is another part of Kilmallock’s outstanding medieval heritage.
6 minOnce the administrative building for Kilmallock Workhouse.
5 minLord Edward Street marks a more recent phase in the story of Kilmallock.
4 minThe only one of the five original town gates which survives to this day.
3 minThank you for downloading our audioguide to the wonderful heritage town of Kilmallock
3 minKilmallock is one of Ireland's best hidden gems, a medieval walled town that is absolutely packed with fascinating historical buildings and features. Our free audioguide leads you on a historical walk around Kilmallock; and will bring you through centuries of Kilmallock’s history, from the foundation of the monastery in around 600 AD by Saint Mocheallóg, to its development by the Bishop of Limerick and through the medieval period when Kilmallock was the seat of the Earls of Desmond and one of the principal towns in the province of Munster.
This guide has been produced in conjunction with Ballyhoura Development Limited, KBC Bank, the Kilmallock Tourism Group, Kilmallock Historical Society, and Limerick City and County Council with the particular assistance of Sarah McCutcheon the executive archaeologist for Limerick City & County Council.