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N24 12 Pollerone Quay Waterford To Waterford Airport Gáirdín An Ghorta Jerpoint Abbey cottage, watching the water fall down Slate Quarries a carved rock face. Gáirdín an Ghorta is a National Garden of An outstanding Cistercian abbey founded Kilfane, , Co. Kilkenny The Slate Quarry, lying on the boarders of Remembrance located in Newmarket, in the second half of the 12th century, the T: +353 (0)56 7724558 and , County Kilkenny. The path through the chief delight of Jerpoint Abbey is the E: [email protected] were quarried from the 14th Century. The garden remembers the Great Famine as sculptured cloister arcade with unique W: www.kilfane.com historical stone from the site was used in well as those who emigrated. The garden carvings. Guided tours of the Abbey are the building of Ormonde Castle in www.visitkilkenny.ie is open all year round and admission is available, and the Visitor Centre houses an Carrick-on-Suir and Kells Priory. free. interesting exhibition. 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In the holy year of coal mining exhibition; design craft Hoban Memorial Jerpoint Park and Lost Town allows visitors to unearth remarkable heritage in Nore Valley Park, Bennettsbridge, Co Kilkenny. 1950 a large cross was erected on the studios and an award winning Located at Desart, Cuffesgrange, the the footprints of a deserted 12th Century Tel: 056 (0)7727229 E:[email protected] summit and since then the rosary has (Bridgestone) restaurant for great food. Hoban Memorial was constructed in 2008 Medieval Town. Pony and trap rides and [email protected] been said by the people who gather The Estate Yard, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny to honour James Hoban, architect of “The angling for wild salmon and wild brown www.norevalleypark.com beneath the cross. T: + 353 (0)56 4440707 White House”. The memorial was built trout on the are also available. Near , Co. Kilkenny E: [email protected] for the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jerpoint, Thomastown, Co. 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