Gardai were forced to send walkers home over alleged breaches of the Government's coronavirus travel restrictions.
The current guidelines state that non-essential journeys more than 5km from home should be avoided.
And officers from Graiguenamanagh have revealed that several people in the St Mullins area were sent home on Saturday for "exercising outside their permitted area".
A number of motorists were also spoken to by gardai as their vehicles were registered outside the 5km distance.
A garda spokesman said: "Your local Gardaí in Carlow and Kilkenny continue to support the Government Public Health Guidelines during Phase 1.
"We would like to remind people to continue to adhere to the 5km exercise rule. Gardaí in Graiguenamanagh were monitoring the number of vehicles in beautiful St Mullins yesterday where numerous vehicles were registered outside the 5km distance.
"A number of walkers were also sent home as they were exercising outside their permitted area.
"Gardaí will continue to monitor vehicles and persons in the area who are breaching the 5km rule and engage, educate and encourage people to adhere to the restrictions.
"This Phase is critical for our Country, there has been a high compliance to date & this has contributed to the Country moving to this new phase and we want to thank the public for that compliance but compliance with the update guidelines must be maintained. Thank you."
