your foot the groundcover includes bog asphodel, ling and bell heather, milkworth, WELCOME TO louseworth, ox-eye daisy, hawksbeard, ferns, gorse, MYSHALL foxgloves. e power of human nature is often beheld on the skyline as Hang-gliding is very popular here too.

Myshall Nearby Attractions Altamont Gardens: Within close proximity of Myshall are Altamont Gardens - an enchanting blend of formal and informal gardens with riverside walks covering over 40 acres. Lawns bisected by sculpted yews slope down to a lake surrounded by rare trees and rhododendrons - a jewel in Ireland’s gardening crown in fact. Admission is free but for guided tours contact 059 9159444 or email: [email protected]

Southern County Fishing Resort & Wildlife Park: Situated five minutes drive from Myshall village Southern County Fishing Resort is located on 45 acres of beautifully landscaped surroundings with breath-taking views and is the perfect place to hone your fishing skills whether experienced or a beginner. e resort includes a wildlife park and coffee shop for further details phone 059 915773.

e Forge Restaurant Kilbride is the ideal place for individuals Myshall or groups to have refreshments while exploring the nearby countryside as home baking, local produce and traditional hospitality are hallmarks of this restaurant – for details phone 059 9159939.

Roberts Bar & Lounge the village ‘local’ is in Myshall village itself and is a family run establishment offering the tourist a warm hospitable welcome with live entertainment most weekends – for further details phone 059 Myshall, Co. Carlow, South East Ireland 9157612. www.myshalldrumphea.com Welcome to the village of Myshall which lies at the base of the called and a ‘pattern’ was held annually here on the 14th day of past enjoying a tranquil picnic surrounded only by nature and North-western slopes of the Blackstairs Mountains and has the September. Records of this Fair stretch back over 200 years. St. the sound of the breeze and the waters of the running stream. lofty summit and haunting splendour of Mount Leinster as a Columbanus, Ireland’s first European saint is also linked with Or if you prefer play an energetic game of tennis free of charge at magnificent backdrop. Here in what was a 17th century planned the area as are St. Fortcheirn of Kiloughternane who reputedly the Tennis Courts situated close to the Community Centre and village the visitor can experience romanticism, tranquillity and baptised St. Finian and St. Moling who was also a visitor to the if with young children why not let them have a go on the swings timelessness meeting the locals in their natural heritage – a real district with omple Moling cemetery situated in the parish off in the Children’s Playground closeby. Gaelic games – hurling, ‘Rural Village Experience’ the Garryhill/Borris Road. Some 2km from the village one will gaelic football and camogie find another holy well atCranavane, the waters of which are said take place almost daily in the Adelaide Memorial Church to cure ‘soreness of eyes, pains and debility of the limbs and all excellent sporting facilities in Described as an architectural gem, body ailments’ In former times it was customary to dip coffins the village and groups wishing this ‘memorial of love’ is based on a in the well before burial in nearby Barragh Graveyard 400m to to avail of the full experience tragic romantic love story and was the west of this site. of these traditions may receive built by one John Duguid of Dover special tuition for a fee if in memory of his wife Adelaide and Historical & Sport & Leisure Trails arranged by appointment. is his daughter Constance. Constance, Guided historical tours of the village will take place in ‘e Lawn’ having fallen in love with the local can be arranged in advanced when attached to the Community Centre. Contact 0876256028 for Squire, was tragically killed in a visitors can observe such items details. Rathnageeragh Castle built in 1862 and now in ruins riding accident prior to her marriage as a Bullaun Stone which is said is located outside the village and consists of a square courthouse and her parents erected a marble to bear the imprints of the knees with two storeys. copy of a statue of innocence over of a Carlow witch that slid down her grave, which she had admired Mt Leinster! ere is a stone slab Discover the Natural Beauty of Mount Leinster when in Italy but when the statue reacted badly to the Irish set in the walls of the ruined St. A short drive from the weather Mr. Duguid decided to build a church as a shelter to Finian’s church commemorating the village of Myshall will take the statue and as a memorial to his wife Adelaide. Designed by ancestors of Peter Fenelon Collier you to the famous landmark George Coppinger Ashlin as a miniature of Salisbury Cathedral who founded a publishing empire known as ‘e Nine Stones’ the exterior is of limestone above a base of polished granite. in the U.S. – in 1909 his book the origins of which are e interior contains a multitude of exquisite features from the sales had topped 52 million dollars and among his friends were lost in the mists of time. A stained glass windows to the marble floor in the chancel taken President eodore Roosevelt and Mark Twain and among his large car park and picnic from St. Mark’s in Venice or the fresco depicting Leonardo’s Last descendants is Ardal O’Hanlon the actor who made his name in facilities are available. Take Supper at the back of the altar. For details of access or guided the role of Fr. Dougal in the Fr. Ted television series. e first out your picnic basket, your sketch pad or just sit and take in tours contact 059/9157584 or 0879293661. mile of the road leading from the village of Myshall to Borris is the magnificent view of the surrounding countryside. Take an known as the Croppy Road which got its name from the 1798 energetic walk and reach the 2,610ft summit of Mount Leinster Trail Of e Saints troubled period of Irish History. It is a lasting memory of a peace which is crowned with a sepulchral cairn as well as the more Myshall is one of the villages on Carlow’s ‘Trail of the Saints’ gesture made at the time between Robert Cornwall, famed in the modern television mast. From here breathtaking views of eight and St. Finian, known as the ‘Tutor of the Saints of Ireland’ ballad ‘e Croppy Boy’ who lived at Myshall Lodge and Fr. counties, the Irish Sea and Wales can be enjoyed on a fine day. It and founder of a most celebrated monastery at Clonard, Co. Bryan Kavanagh who interceded with him on behalf of members is an ideal place for walking and Kilbrannish Forest Recreation Meath, was born here c470 A.D. and in the village one can see of the outlawed United Irishmen who were asked to build the Area on the Blackstairs Mountains features two signposted trails the remains of a Romanesque church founded by him in the road or face the hangman’s rope. Two monkey puzzle trees mark – the Windfarm Loop is 3 km in length with a good surface and 6th century. A stained glass window in the Catholic Church of the site of what was once Myshall Lodge. A celtic cross in the uphill sections. e Kilbrannish Forest Loop is 5 kilometres in Exaltation of the Holy Cross commemorates him. is Catholic field adjoining is all that remains now of this estate. A portion length, taking approx 2 hours to complete. On your travels you Church, built in the of the Community Centre (which can facilitate groups for light can witness mountain sheep and goats feeding on the heather form of a cross dates refreshments by appointment and sweet mountain grass, or spot deer hiding or emerging from back to 1776. A small – phone 0860825276 for details) dark mysterious woods to drink the mountain waters of the amenity park in the was once the Coach house for River Burren. Overhead you might spot the hovering kestrel, village Tobar Bhríde Myshall Lodge and the entrance to sparrow hawk or meadow pipit while listening out for the contains a holy well the Millennium Park was once its sounds of the grouse, snipe, willow warblers, chaffinches, blue- dedicated to St. Brigid entrance. Here in the Millennium tits or stonechats and possibly the cuckoo in the summer time! after whom the park is Park visitors can contemplate the Multi-coloured butterflies flutter in the breeze and underneath