Is Kilkenny safe? Ireland travel risk
Is Kilkenny safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kilkenny scores 20/100 on our travel risk index (Low). The US State Department rates Ireland Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 20 Mar 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Kilkenny scores 20/100 (Low). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Ireland (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Kilkenny: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (23/100) and natural hazards (33/100).
A score of 20 is higher than the scores of 7% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
In the Kilkenny territory, Kilkenny is established at 52.6477° N, 7.2561° W. It lies 102.6 km NE relative to Dublin. Time zone observed: Europe/Dublin.
Kilkenny
52.6477° N, 7.2561° W
48 m
Europe/Dublin
22,179
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Kilkenny happened in December (2 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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