Petronella Restaurant

Now entering its tenth year in the heart of Kilkenny, our charming restaurant is named after an historic Kilkenny figure, Petronella de Meath who was accused of hersey and witchcraft and was the first woman burned at the stake in Ireland in 1324, just a few meters from our restaurant at the townhall while her mistress Alice Kyteler made good her escape to England, leaving four poisoned husbands in her wake.

Petronella is housed in a very historic building which dates to 1602. The first mayor of Kilkenny, Nicholas Langton lived in the Butterslip building, along with his wife and 25 children, and was responsible for forging the deal with King James I, that granted Kilkenny its city status in 1609. It is believed that this charter may actually have been signed in our building.