Kilkenny hotels selling out as Dublin footballers come to town

The visit of All-Ireland champions Dublin to Nowlan Park on June 4 is set to be a major money-spinner for Kilkenny city as virtually all its hotels are booked out for the night.

In Dublin’s first championship venture outside of Croke Park since 2006, when they faced Longford in a Leinster quarter-final, Jim Gavin’s side will face the winners of Laois and Carlow at the same stage of the competition on the June bank holiday weekend.

According to TripAdvisor, there are no beds available in the city, the exception being the five-star Lyrath Estate Hotel.