TOWNWAL & VILLAGE K Anthony Trollope Trail, Drumsna Trail Description
The Anthony Trollope Trail is a signposted trail of the town in Drumsna. It is named after the English Victorian writer who stayed here during the 1840s and wrote one of his first novels The MacDermotts of Ballycloran which was published in 1847.
Trail- Points of Interest
1. Gannon’s Workshop 11. Headford Hse/Ballyclaran 20. Quay Street, C.R.C 2. Strawbridge Memorial 12. Nature Trail Information Point 3. Old Graveyard-T.H Parke 13. View of Lough Aduff and 21. Entrance Gates to Grave-Ringfort Shannon “Mount Campbell Estate” 4. Fair Green-Millennium 14. Down Hill-Cross N4 to Capsule-Oak Tree Crowe Hill 22. P.Gill Memorial 5. R.C Church-Stained Glass 15. Optional walk to St. 23. Ivy House-Taylors Windows-BB Court Anne’s Church of Ireland 24. Main Street- 6. Entrance to Belmont 16. Tom Dunphy Memorial- Warehouses House Railbridge-Masonite 25. Shannonside Walk- 7. People’s Orchard 17. Crow Hill-Ringfort- Handball Alley 8. Flyover/Bridge over N4 to Shannon 26. Bridge-Blind Area- roundabout 18. Golden Age Stone Flanker House 9. Old School Village-Youth Gardens 27. Doon of Drumsna 10. Strawbridge Birth Place- 19. Harbour/Quay “Snamh” View of the Shannon Sculpture and Wildlife Area
GRADE: Moderate FACILITIES NEARBY: Pubs/shops LENGTH OF WALK: Approx 10km TRAILHEAD: Drumsna Village TIME: Approx 3 hours DIRECTIONS TO THE STARTING POINT: Off the N4 take the R299 to the centre of the WAYMARKING: Trollope Trail signposts village DOGS ALLOWED: Yes – on a lead
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