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Strawberry Beds
Running alongside the northern banks of the Liffey between the villages of Chapelizod and Lucan, roughly along the western edge of the Phoenix Park, is the Strawberry Beds, so-called on account of the fruits once grown here and sold along the side of the road. Before the days of fl
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Delta Sensory Gardens
A dozen or so interconnecting, themed gardens span the five senses – from sculpture garden to formal rose garden, water and woodland garden, willow garden and even a musical garden with mechanical fountains. Admission proceeds benefit the adjoining Delta Centre, which provides serv
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Foynes Flying Boat Museum
At Foynes, the Foynes Flying Boat Museum is a major attraction. From 1939 to 1945 this was the landing place for the flying boats that linked North America with the British Isles. Big Pan Am clippers – a replica can be seen here – would set down in the estuary and refuel in flights
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Celtic & Prehistoric Museum
This museum squeezes in an astonishing collection of Celtic and prehistoric artefacts, including the worlds largest woolly mammoth skull and tusks, as well as a 40,000-year-old cave bear skeleton, Viking horse-bone ice skates, stone battle-axes, flint daggers and jewellery. It star
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Cahercommaun
Perched on the edge of an inland cliff about 3km south of Carron is the great stone fort of Cahercommaun, inhabited in the 8th and 9th centuries by people who hunted deer and grew small amounts of grain. The remains of a souterrain (underground passage) lead from the fort to the ou
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Royal College of Surgeons
The early-19th-century Royal College of Surgeons has one of the finest facades on St Stephen’s Green. During the 1916 Easter Rising, the building was occupied by rebel forces led by the colourful Countess Markievicz (1868–1927), an Irish Nationalist married to a supposed Polish cou
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Kennedy Homestead
The birthplace of Patrick Kennedy, great-grandfather of John F Kennedy, is a farm that still looks much as it must have 160 years ago. When JFK visited the farm in 1963 and hugged the current owners grandmother, it was his first public display of affection, according to his sister
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Clonca Church & Cross
Inside this church is an intricately carved tombstone sporting a sword and hurling-stick motif. The carved lintel over the door is thought to come from an earlier church. Outside, the remains of the cross show the miracle of the loaves and fishes on the eastern face. Heading from C
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Gallarus Oratory
Gallarus Oratory is one of Irelands most beautiful ancient buildings, its smoothly constructed dry-stone walls in the shape of an upturned boat. It has stood in this lonely spot beneath the brown hills for some 1200 years and has withstood the elements perfectly. There is a narrow
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Black Abbey
This Dominican abbey was founded in 1225 by William Marshal and takes its name from the monks black habits. Much of what survives dates from the 18th and 19th centuries, but remnants of more ancient archways are still evident, and the stained glass is glorious. When services are no
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War Memorial Gardens
Hardly anyone ever ventures this far west, but theyre missing a lovely bit of landscaping in the shape of the War Memorial Gardens – by our reckoning as pleasant a patch of greenery as any youll find in the heart of the Georgian centre. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial c
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St Multose Church
This is one of Irelands oldest Church of Ireland churches, built around 1190 by the Normans on the site of a 6th-century church. Not much of the interior is original but the exterior is beautifully preserved. Inside, a flat stone carved with a round-handed figure was traditionally
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Abbeyleix Heritage House & Museum
This museum, in an old school building, details Abbeyleixs rich history. One room looks at the towns carpet-making legacy – the Turkish-influenced carpets once made here were chosen to grace the floors of the Titanic – while another showcases a fascinating selection of memorabilia
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Ardfert Cathedral
The impressive remains of 13th-century Ardfert Cathedral are notable for the beautiful and delicate stone carvings on its Romanesque door and window arches. Set into one of the interior walls is an effigy, said to be of St Brendan the Navigator, who was educated in Ardfert and foun
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Gleninsheen Wedge Tomb
One of Irelands most famous prehistoric grave sites, Gleninsheen lies beside the R480 just south of Aillwee Caves near Ballyvaughan. Its thought to date from 4000 to 5000 years ago. A magnificent gold gorget (a crescent of beaten gold that hung round the neck) found here and dating
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Franciscan Friary
The ruins of this friary, founded by the Earl of Kildare in 1464, stand serenely in the middle of Adare Golf Club beside the River Maigue. Public access is assured, but let them know at the clubhouse that you intend to visit. A track leads away from the clubhouse car park for about
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Borris House
This impressive Tudor Gothic mansion, the ancestral home of the McMorrough Kavanghs, High Kings of Leinster, was modelled in 1810–20 around the earlier shells of an 18th-century house and a 15th-century castle. The highlight of the interior is the ornate stucco plasterwork by Micha
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Costello Memorial Chapel
This diminutive place measures just 5m by 3.6m making it one of Europes smallest chapels. It was built in 1877 by Edward Costello, distraught at the early death of his wife Mary. Both husband and wife now rest within the grey limestone interior lit by a single stained-glass window.
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Sunlight Chambers
On the southern banks of the Liffey, Sunlight Chambers, designed by Liverpool architect Edward Ould (designer of Port Sunlight) stands out among the Georgian and modern architecture for its romantic Italianate style and beautiful art nouveau frieze-work by German sculptor Conrad Dr
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Vinegar Hill
Scene of one of the most important battles of Irelands 1798 rebellion against British rule, this hill just outside Enniscorthy is topped with a memorial to the uprising, and dotted with explanatory signs about the battlefield. A battle re-enactment takes place each year on the firs
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