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Malinbeg Beach
At Malinbeg youll find a sheltered bay bitten out of low cliffs, with 60 steps descending to a gorgeous little sandy beach. Its 6km past the folk village.
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Irish Writers Centre
Next door to the Dublin Writers Museum , which focuses on the dearly departed, the Irish Writers Centre provides a meeting and working place for their living successors.
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St Josephs Catholic Church
Craftsmanship shines at St Josephs Catholic Church, with 10 windows designed by Harry Clarke, Irelands most renowned stained-glass artist. Opening hours can vary.
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St Patricks Church
Almost everything commercial in Trim is on or near Market St. That huge steeple you see just south belongs to St Patricks Church, parts of which date to the 15th century.
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Salthill Gardens
Behind century-old stone walls, the contemporary garden design of Salthill Gardens bursts with perennials, roses, lilies and clematis. Its 2km southwest of the village.
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Shannon Dolphin & Wildlife Centre
This research facility monitors the 100-plus bottlenose dolphins swimming out in the Shannon and houses exhibits on the playful cetaceans, a species unique to the area.
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Doorty Cross
In a field accessed via a stile, about 100m west of the cathedral is the 800-year-old Doorty Cross which lay broken in two until the 1950s, when it was re-erected.
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Courthouse Studios & Gallery
Ennistymon has a healthy arts scene. These studios are in a renovated 1800 building with ever-changing exhibitions on two floors from local and international artists.
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Bundoran Beach
The strand of sand is long, with the trademark fine white sand much of Ireland is known for. It is generally not safe for swimming although there are lifeguards in summer.
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Bandstand
Phoenix Parks bandstand, in the Hollow near the Peoples Garden, was built at the end of the 19th century to give military bands a spot to showcase their talents.
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West Cork Distillers
This craft distillery produces liqueurs (Drombeg, Lough Hyne), vodka (Two Trees) and a range of whiskies (blended, pot still and single malt) under its own name.
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Augustinian Friary
East along Abbey St is the 14th-century Augustinian friary, now a Catholic church, with medieval stained-glass and an in-your-face sheila-na-gig in its east wall.
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Countess Markievicz Bust
Spread across the bucolic lawns and walkways of St Stephens Green are some notable artworks, beginning with one of the Countess Markievicz in the southeast corner.
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Kilravock Garden
Travel a world of plants at Kilravock Garden , which has been transformed over two decades from a field of scrag and stone to a feast of exotic plants by one green-fingered couple.
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Famine Cottage
Just uphill from the Dunbeg Fort Visitor Centre is the 1845-built Famine Cottage, with furnishings, cooking utensils and farm animals that evoke the hardship its occupants endured.
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South Tipperary County Museum
Informative displays on the history of County Tipperary from Neolithic times to the present are covered at this well-put-together museum, which also hosts changing exhibitions.
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Father Theobald Mathew Statue
Father Theobald Mathew (1790–1856) was the Apostle of Temperance – a hopeless role in Ireland. This quixotic task, however, also resulted in a Liffey bridge bearing his name.
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St Pauls Church
The 1851 St Paul’s Church , on the site of the original 17th-century French church, was built for the Huguenots, some of whose tombstones stand in a corner of the churchyard.
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Children of Lir Monument
In the Garden of Remembrance is a bronze statue of the Children of Lir by Oisín Kelly; according to Irish legend the children were turned into swans by their wicked stepmother.
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St Mullins Heritage Centre
The former Church of Ireland in the heart of the St Mullins monastic site houses an exhibition on the life of St Moling, and on the history of the monastery and the village.
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