Waterford Crystal and Kilkenny Rail Tour from Dublin

Paddy for the Waterford tour very pleasant and knowledgeable. Not on the level of our other luxury tours and guides but this was definitely a great day trip, thank you! I would recommend this tour.

The Rail Tour to Kilkenny and Waterford was amazing. So picturesque of the countryside. Kilkenny was a very cute town. It was neat to see where Waterford Crystal is made. Much smaller facility then you’d think. Our tour guide Paddy was excellent. Highly recommend this tour.

Working with John! He was so knowledge of history and has a very fun personality! Enjoyed train trip and loved all the stops along the way. Excellent experience!!

Our day trip to Waterford was truly the most wonderful day. I didn’t have my family with me on this excursion, I went solo but I felt so comfortable with such a great guide, Paddy and a Fun group of other guests. Our first stop was Kilkenny. Some chose to tour the castle while others chose to do some shopping in the design center. Some beautiful sweaters, hats and unique art. We then stopped at a very nice place for lunch before we headed on to Waterford. Truly an amazing tour. We had time to shop there too. So much fun!

Absolutely TERRIBLE! Booked months in advance to receive phone call, less than 24 hrs in advance, to inform our trip had been CANCELLED! An alternative trip to Blarney offered but we refused. Very disappointed, lack of foresight on Viator so we could plan a different trip. Excuse was about lack of bus transportation at Waterford. Unacceptable! We had other great experiences with Viator on our 3-week trip, but this was terrible. Bad way to end our trip.

One of the best tours I have been on. Our guide was great! Beautiful trip on the way back to Dublin.

My friend and I came to Dublin a few days' early prior to our scheduled tour. Based on recommendation from my son and others, I knew we wanted to visit Waterford Crystal. So we booked this all day rail trip to Kilkenny and Waterford. The train trip was beautiful, riding through the rural countryside. Toured a church in Kilkenny and walked around the town. Then on to Waterford. Total train time about 1 1/2 hours. Because of a mixup with the taxi vans, our lunch was rushed in order to meet our scheduled tour time at the Crystal factory. Because it was a Saturday, there were fewer people working in the factory than on a weekday. But they still had people demonstrating every phase of the process. Extremely interesting. They truly are artists. Had plenty of time to visit the showrooms and even the church across the street, famous for the wedding of Strongbow. It was a beautiful sunny day. The rail trip home took us on the "scenic route". Translate that into about a 3 hour ride. That's really my only negative comment. We didn't need that extra three hours. Didn't get back to Dublin until 8:30 pm. That made for a 13 hour day. Unnecessarily long I thought. But still, a really enjoyable day.

Thoroughly enjoyed the Waterford crystal tour. Our trip through Kilkenny on the Kilkennycitytours mini train was great with opportunity for pics. Kilkenny castle was beautiful grounds but wish there had been time to actually go through the Castle. Tour guide from IrishRailTours very informative. Based on the pace of the tour once off the train, I would not recommend for people that have to walk slowly or with a cane as it was difficult for one member of the tour, and the return to the rail train would have been nice if we could have returned via the Kilkennycity train does that took us into town, instead of having to split the group into multiple taxis to get back.

The tour of Kilkenny Castle and the city were excellent! Our guide, Paddy, was superb. He really loves his job and his country and it made the day great!

We had a wonderful time on the train with Ian and a special treat was that Joe was riding with him so we got two great guides for the price of one. They are both lovely gentlemen! They shared their knowledge and tips with us all day. The tour is designed to spend just enough time at each place. It was raining when we got back to Dublin but Ian didn’t leave until we were all safely in a taxi on our way to our hotels. It could not have been more pleasant.