Castleblayney & South Armagh
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Licence number 2013/03/CCMA/Monaghan County Council. All rights reserved. Ireland. Survey © Ordnance Key Visitor Information Centre Craft / Heritage Activity 1 2 3 Visitor information point Car Parking Viewpoints National Cycle Newtork Hiking Access WC Horseriding Outdoor Activity Adventure Park Poets trails Creggan Church and Graveyard Slieve Gullion Bessbrook Creggan Crossmaglen (Cairns and walkway) Bessbrook Village Golf Course Monaghan Way The Church was probably Slieve Gullion, Bessbrook still has many traces founded with the arrival of Slieve Gullion is the hightest of the ‘model’ village shaped by a Quaker linen manufacturer, Fishing Ring of Gullion Way the O’Neills around 1450. The mountain within the ‘Ring of historic graveyard is the burial Gullion’. For the walker there is John Grubb Richardson around place of 3 eighteenth century a route that leads to the top of the middle of the 19th century. Castleblayney & Historic Building Newry Canal Way Gaelic Irish poets. Adjacent Slieve Gullion Mountain.There Its founder believed that alcohol to the graveyard is the ‘Poet’s are two Cairns on top of the was the main cause of poverty Ancient Monument St Patrick’s Trail Glen’ where visitors can enjoy mountain, on either side of a and crime and decided that South Armagh the 13 acres of grassland, small lake. The southern one Bessbrook had no need for Museums & Cultural Centres Táin Way sculpted garden and river this is a large passage grave the licensed premises, a pawn shop walk is called ‘Poets Trail’. highest surviving passage grave or a police station. Picnic Area Cu Chulainn audio trail T: 018 3031 3170 in Ireland, the north cairn dates T: 018 3031 3170 An area of Mountains, Lakes, Myths & Legends visitmournemountains.co.uk back to the Bronze Age. visitmournemountains.co.uk Theatres/Arts centres Fionn Mac Cumhail audio trail visitmournemountains.co.uk 4 5 6 Camlough Lake Gap of the North (Kilnassagart Victoria Lock Camlough Lake is a large and Moyry Castle) Omeath Road, Newry reservoir. It is a long narrow Near Jonesborough Victoria Lock is the final junction body of water with an undulating The Castle was built by Lord linking the natural and the bed. It is home to the 2nd Mountjoy in 1601 to secure the manmade waterway complex largest Traithalon in Ireland and vital ‘gap of the north’. It was between Carlingford Lough and is resource for a wide range of built on a natural rocky hillock Lough Neagh outdoor sports including Angling, to secure the ancient route Canoeing, Water skiing and from Ulster. It is within sight Newry Ship Canal is currently organised events. of Kilnassagart Stone thought used by leisure craft and as T: 028 3031 3170 to be one of Irelands oldest a means of accessing Newry visitnewryandmourne.gov.uk Christian monuments situated City from the Irish Sea via close to Jonesboro. Carlingford Lough and passing T: 028 3031 3170 through the commercial visitmournemountains.co.uk shipping port of Warrenpoint. T: 028 3031 3170 visitmournemountains.co.uk 7 8 9 Ballybay Wetlands Centre Concra Wood Golf & GR8 Entertainment Derryvalley, Ballybay, Country Club GR8 Entertainment, Monaghan Co. Monaghan Concra Wood Golf & Country Road, Castleblayney The Ballybay Wetlands centre Club is a championship 18 hole GR8 is the North East’s number is an impressive multi-purpose golf course which was designed 1 entertainment venue. The venue set in the heart of County by Christy O’Connor Jr & Christy facilities include 8 bowling lanes Monaghan with sweeping views O’Connor Sr. The course overlooks over 5,000sq ft of Mega Play of the surrounding wetlands. It the stunning Lough Muckno. It Frames, a Bar and Restaurant, offers a wide variety of activities has a luxurious clubhouse with a Games, Amusements, Go-Karts, to tourists visiting the area such bar-restaurant and there is a pro Laser Tag and much more! as natural wetlands appreciation, shop with all the latest golfing GR8 specialise in parties for all peaceful walkways, fishing gear, fully functioning changing ages and have established a facilities and bird watching. rooms with showers and a driving reputation for quality and value. T: +353 (0) 4297 48022 range and putting green. T: +353 (0) 4297 49955 E: [email protected] T: +353 (0) 4297 49485 gr8entertainment.ie ballybaywetlands.ie E: [email protected] facebook.comGR8entertainment concrawood.ie facebook.com/concrawood 10 11 12 Lough Muckno Leisure Park ÍONTAS CENTRE Monaghan Way Walk Lough Muckno, Castleblayney Conabury, Castleblayney, Clontibret to Inniskeen The scenic Lough Muckno Co. Monaghan The Monaghan Way is a long- Leisure Park is located in the Iontas is a community and distance walking route that centre of Castleblayney and arts resource centre based explores just some of county facilities include walking trails, in Castleblayney. There is a Monaghan’s rich heritage. picnic areas and a wonderful beautiful open gallery space The walk is a stimulating Adventure Playground. Lough with monthly art exhibitions. combination of quiet country Muckno is also an Angling It is an award winning theatre roads, cross-country trekking, Centre of Excellence with which showcases a wide variety riverside walkways and lakeshore unrivalled access for anglers. of dance, drama, comedy and approaches. The Monaghan Way It also boasts a Water-ski and musical acts. The Gallery Café is is a linear route from Clontibret Wakeboarding Centre and open weekdays from 9-2pm. to Inniskeen (or vice versa Summer camps for children. T: +353 (0) 4297 53400 www.irishtrails.ie/trail/ monaghantourism.com E:[email protected] monaghan-way/24 iontascastleblayney.ie E: [email protected] Angling The Great Outdoors Family Fun of years of fascinating local history at the Enjoy Ballybay There are so many There’s so much for all world-class A haven for the coarse angler, with the ways to enjoy the South Armagh the family to enjoy in challenging Dromore river system nearby, the There’s an abundance of activities to enjoy angling in and around 23-hectare Lough Major is located in the centre beautiful countryside at mystical Slieve Gullion, South Armagh’s Monaghan and South of the charming market town of Ballybay. largest mountain, which is set in an Area of Monaghan Museum in Monaghan town, where Lough Muckno and Also popular with competition anglers, it’s well of Monaghan and Outstanding Natural Beauty. Cycle, walk or ride Armagh. the kids can discover everything from prehistoric stocked with small to medium sized pike. You around a ten kilometre circular route, enjoying spears to local lace and military uniforms. throughout South can also enjoy great pike fishing by boat on South Armagh. breathtaking views across several counties. Monaghan the reeded Dromore River lakes, while Lough Or follow a specially created trail up to its A world of adventure awaits at the wonderful South Armagh and Newry Armagh. Egish, nine kilometres from Ballybay, has a large Lough Muckno Leisure Park summit and travel back to Megalithic times at Lough Muckno Leisure Park. Just minutes from In the foothills of beautiful Slieve Gullion an pike fishery that is also best fished by boat. You Enjoy an idyllic day out exploring Ireland’s most an atmospheric ancient cairn, just yards from the bustling town of Castleblayney, there’s a award-winning new adventure play park offers Castleblayney can find tench, pike and bream at the popular beautiful secret, losing yourself in the rolling fantastic range of activities for all the family kids a host of exciting features to explore from Lake Muckno, Monaghan’s largest lake, is Calliagh Berras Lake, where Finn McCool’s hair White Lake, just four kilometres downstream of green hills, 200 acres of woodland and wide was turned white by a witch. in and around Monaghan’s largest and most zip lines and tower slides to climbing frames and one of Ireland’s finest coarse and angling Ballybay. expanse of Monaghan’s largest lake, Lough beautiful lake. Kids of all ages will go mad for more. From toddlers to teens, there’s stacks of destinations, offering huge stocks of species Muckno. Just a few minutes from Castleblayney, Take the entrancing Hawthorn Hill walk through the fabulous new adventure playpark, called fun to keep them happy all day. like bream, rudd, roach, tench, perch and pike. It you’ll find a variety of wonderful walks through Wilbert’s Enchanted Forest, while there’s also abounds with superb fishing locations, such as South Armagh the wooded slopes of Slieve Gullion Forest Park, The South Armagh area offers fantastic game wooded glades and along lakeside trails. Take blissful rambles through wooded islands, and Take an enthralling journey back in time at the the tranquil Black Island, Concra Wood, Toome where Deirdre of the Sorrows was raised. Let and coarse angling in the most beautiful time out observing the wildlife at Black Island cycling on lakeside trails. It’s the perfect place 16th century fortified house once owned by Shore and the Belfast Steps. Renowned around the cares of the world dissolve as you listen to surroundings. With freshwater rivers teeming and choose from a wide range of activities, for a family picnic too. Nicholas Bagenal, Marshall of Ireland, in Newry. the world, it has been the venue for many the sound of birdsong before relaxing with a with trout, a range of dedicated fisheries and including walking, cycling, wakeboarding and At the atmospheric Bagenal’s Castle you can match winning hauls for the world’s leading cappuccino in the charming Victorian Slieve some wonderful lough angling too, there really angling. Then pump up the energy hurtling down the trace the history of the area from ancient times, anglers. Gullion Courtyard. is something for everyone. lake or flying over jumps at Ireland’s most through the tumultuous wars of the Plantation Camlough (Crooked Lake), the largest lake in Enjoy world-class golf amidst some of Ireland’s exciting waterski facility, the amazing Muckno era to today.