Ok, so you’ll have a long time to plan for this trip, the Irish Conker Championships isn’t being held until the 23rd of October. But that will give you plenty of time to plan your trip, including booking your Irish car rental and hotel. Not to mention time to collect, pickle and generally fiddle with your conkers until you have them just right for battle!

This is fun for all those adults who need to let their inner child out to play every so often. Tourists will be arriving in Kilkenny, with their shoe-laced conkers in hand, from all over the world for this one-off fun-packed event.