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Ballyhack Castle
Pretty Ballyhack is about 4km northwest of Duncannon. It’s dominated by the 15th-century Ballyhack Castle, a Knights Hospitallers tower house, containing a small exhibition on the Crusades.
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Portumna Castle & Gardens
Impressive Portumna Castle & Gardens was built in the early 1600s by Richard de Burgo and boasts an elaborate, geometrically laid out organic garden that would do a French king proud.
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Doneraile Park
Red deer scamper around the 400 acres of landscaped gardens at Doneraile Park , 13km northeast of Mallow. There are woodland walkways, cascades and playgrounds to keep the kids happy.
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Dolmen Ecocentre
Learn about several local prehistoric sites, including the grand Kilclooney More Court Tomb , as well as a tortoise-like passage tomb a short walk up a track, to the left of the church.
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Gallarus Visitor Centre
This privately-owned visitor centre and car park is located next to Gallarus Oratory. The only reason for paying the fee is to use the car park (the audio-visual presentation is missable).
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Bamboo Park
Glengarriffs mild, frost-free climate allows this small 12-hectare park to flourish. It has a variety of exotic plants, including palm trees and tree ferns, as well as coastal woodland walks.
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Aughnacliffe Dolmen
This dolmen is one of the three biggest portal dolmens in Ireland. It has an improbably balanced top stone and is thought to be around 5000 years old. Aughnacliffe is 18km north of Longford town.
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Askeaton Friary
This magnificent Franciscan friary ruin dates to 1389 and includes a fine cloister. Contact the tourist office for tours or phone resourceful local historian and expert Anthony Sheehy on 086 085 017.
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Trinity Tree
Close to St Marys Church , the Trinity Tree sculpture, representing the Holy Trinity, is made from an unusual three-trunked sycamore. Its carved faces make it look like something out of a fairytale.
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Parkland
About 20 hectares of parkland in the Kilkenny Castle grounds extend to the southeast, with a Celtic cross-shaped rose garden, a fountain to the northern end and a children’s playground to the south.
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St Endas Monastery
Near the airstrip are the sunken remains of a church; the spot is said to have been the site of St Endas Monastery in the 5th century, though whats visible dates from the 8th century onwards.
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Waterford County Museum
This small well-presented museum covers maritime heritage (with relics from shipwrecks), Famine history, local personalities and various other titbits, all displayed in an 18th-century grain store.
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Durrow High Cross
This splendid 10th-century high cross has complex, high-relief carvings depicting the sacrifice of Isaac, the Last Judgement and the Crucifixion. It is housed in the 19th-century church for protection.
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Clare Heritage Centre
Housed in an old church, many displays here cover the horrors of the Great Famine. More than 250,000 people lived in Clare before the Famine; today the countys population remains almost 60% less.
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Spiddal Craft & Design Studios
As you approach the village of Spiddal, situated on your right are the Spiddal Craft & Design Studios , where you can watch woodworkers, leather workers, sculptors and weavers plying their crafts.
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St Aidans Cathedral
Restored to its original glory (check out the star-spangled roof), this dazzling Roman Catholic cathedral (1846) was designed by Augustus Pugin, the architect behind the Houses of Parliament in London.
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Slieve Bloom Mountains Nature Reserve
The higher elevations of the mountains are protected by this nature reserve. The website has good walking suggestions and info about the flora and fauna, including the many herbs and wildflowers.
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St Connell’s Museum & Heritage Centre
St Connell’s Museum & Heritage Centre , beside the old courthouse at the western end of town, has a ragbag of local artefacts. Call for (very limited) opening hours during the rest of the year.
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Brownes Doorway
Guarding the upper side of Eyre Square, this out of context doorway (1627) is an imposing, if forlorn, fragment from the home of one of the citys merchant rulers, relocated here from Abbeygate St.
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Butler House Gardens
The beautiful Butler House gardens are home to an unusual water feature constructed from remnants of the British-built Nelsons Pillar, blown up by nationalists in Dublins OConnell St in 1966.
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