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N18 Thurles N75 N77 Gorey Airport N80 2SHQ Limerick Kilkenny 60 N11 Large, beautiful old world garden, Kilrush Casino 03 Pearse Museun St.Enda’s Park Robinsonian in style 27 Famine Warhouse 1848 St. Mary’sChurch 61 Scattery Island 65 81 Gowran 90 Cherrymount Crescent, off the Malahide Road, (Closed Tuesdays) Nov-Jan 09.00 16.30 Adare Castle N24 N8 Ferns Castle 2SHQ$OO\HDU Rock of N10 Marino, D 3 Tarbert Adare Ballingarry N9 Ferns Nov-Jan Wed-Mon 09.30-16.00 Feb 09.00-17.30 Admission Free Cashel 84 Cashel N76 59 Jerpoint Abbey Enniscorthy Tel +353 (01) 833 1618 Feb Wed-Mon 09.30-17.00 Mar & Oct 09.00-18.00 Weekends and B/H Park Tipperary Listowel Castle 53 66 N24 N30 N11 Fax +353 (01) 833 2636 Mar-Oct Wed-Mon 09.30-17.30 ASU &SHSt 09.00-20.00 &Museum2SHQV 10.00 Listowel Desmond Hall The Main Guard New Ross Newcastle West 80 82 Wexford Wildfowl Reserve The Casino, meaning “small house”, All year Sun & B/H’s RSHQ at 10.00 May-Aug 09.00-21.00 Closed Christmas day N69 Ormond Castle 93 VXUSULVLQJO\ Cahir 83 N25 46 N21 N20 86 Clonmel N25 91 contains 16 finely decorated rooms, endlessly rich in Ardfert Cathedral N9 Wexford € N8 Carrick-on-Suir subtlety and design. 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Franciscan Friary which has many 15th 10 20 30 40 50 60 Miles the 17th to 20th centuries, but the visit also includes in 1840. &16thC.sFXOStures Conservation works ongoing Debit/Credit Cards AccHSted the medieval remnants. 2SHQGDLOy, 8.00am to dusk. Admission Free 2SHQ/DWH0DUFKWR/DWH2FW'DLO\ 2SHQ All year Mon - Sat 10.00 - 16.45 2SHQVW2FWUG2FW'DLO\ Sun & B/H 12.00 - 16.45 Admission free due to continuing restoration works. 16 Phoenix Park Visitor Centre & HERITAGE CARDS &ORVHG 24 - 28 Dec, 31 Dec, 1 Jan & Good Friday. Phoenix Park, D 8 Dublin Castle will be closed at very short notice for government business. Tel +353 (01) 677 0095 ADMISSION CHARGES Closed for 6 months due to EU Presidency, Jan-June 2013. If you are interested in visiting a number of Heritage WHEVLWH wwwSKRHQL[SDUNLH Scattery Island 27 Adult Child/Student € € € € Farmleigh 05 Fax +353 (01) 672 6454 Kilrush, Co Clare sites, why not buy a Heritage Card? 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Admission Free most sites for: Please consult www.heritageireland.ie website for current charges and guests of the nation Last admission 20 mins. before closing 6HSDUDWH charge for boat 2SHQ Tours to Áras an Uachtaráin GHSDUW from Centre every Saturday and opening times +RXVH Jan - Dec, Wed - Sun & B/H 10.00 - 17.00 Admission Free Adult €21.00 €3.00 €€2.00 2.00 €8.00 28 Estate RSHQ all \HDU Daily 10.00 - 18.00 Last admission to most sites is approximately one hour before closing. (Managed in conjunction with the Barryscourt Trust) Senior Citizen €16.00 Closed for 6 months due to EU Presidency, Jan-June 2013. Rathfarnham Castle 17 Carrigtwohill, Co Cork € €€€ Rathfarnham, D 14 € Guided tours are available at most sites. Please note that at some sites 6.00 5.00 3.00 15.00 Tel +353 (021) 488 2218 Child or Student 8.00 06 Garden of Remembrance Tel +353 (01) 493 9462 access is by guided tour only. Present castle dates from 15th and 16th C. € Parnell Square East, Dublin 1 A 16th C. castle with 18th C. interiors by Sir William Family 55.00 Large groups are asked to book in advance of visit. €5.00 €€3.00 3.00 €13.00 THO +353 (01) 821 3021 Chambers and James ‘Athenian’ Stuart. The Castle 2SHQ Late May - Late 6HSW 'DLO\ 10.00 - 18.00 (PDLO VXSHULQWHQGHQWSDUN#RSw.ie also hosts the Berkeley Collection of 18th C. and Access by guided tour only. For booking, groups and tour operators are asked to contact individual Designed by Daithí Hanly - a SODce of quiet 19th C. costumes and toys. OSHQ all year Last admission 45 minutes before closing. €11.00 €€8.00 6.00 €28.00 remembrance and reflection dedicated to the memory of Winter/SSULQJ Wed-Sun 10.DPSP. Summer Heritage site that you visit. You can also sites directly. Check arrangements with site. Guided TRXU all who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom. RSHQLQJ Admission Free Self guiding. Last admission 16.30 (Wed-Fri), 16.30 (Sat-Sun) buy the card before your visit – check Unless stated otherwise, credit/debit cards not accepted. 2SHQ $SU - 6HSW Daily 08.30 - 18.00 THDURRPV 2SHQ all year. THO +353 (01) 493 9461. Admission Free €6.00 €€4.00 2.00 €14.00 Oct - Mar Daily 09.30 - 16.00 our website www.heritageireland.ie or Sites with a limited tour capacity are marked in the text. KEY Admission Free 2SHQ Christmas Day 11.00 - 13.00 telephone +353 (01) 647 6592 (from (Generally the maximum number is 25). 18 Royal Hospital Kilmainham €4.00 €€3.00 2.00 €10.00 Nature Trails/ overseas) or Callsave 1850 600 601 Government Buildings 07 Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 Heritage Town Toilets Audio visual Videos/cameras and large bags are not permitted on tour at some sites. 8SSHU Merrion Street, Dublin 2 Tel +353 (01) 612 9900 Walks (within Ireland). The Heritage Card is for Tel +353 (01) 645 8813 Fax +353 (01) 612 9999 All information is correct at the time of going to print and may be subject €3.00 €€2.00 1.00 €8.00 Toilets for Tel +353 (01) 619 4116 A magnificent late 17th Century Classical building individual use only. Fax +353 (01) 679 7831 Guided Tour visitors with Exhibition Car/Coach Park to change. with &KDSHO Great Hall, Formal Gardens, burial disabilities € €€€ 2SHQ Saturday 10.30-13.30. Tours starting every grounds and artists studios now home to Irish and 6.00 4.00 2.50 14.00 Kilkenny Castle Please consult www.heritageireland.ie website hour on the half hour. International visual art. Restricted Visitor Centre Tea Rooms Picnic Area Free tickets available at the National Gallery lobby Contact IMMA at +(01) 6129900 for tour information. Access www.heritageireland.ie All photographs courtesy of the Photographic Unit, Department of Arts (Merrion Square entrance). Heritage and the Gaeltacht. 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$SULO HERITAGE SITES OUTSIDE DUBLIN cont. Aughnanure Castle 40 52 Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir 64 Parke’s Castle 75 Trim Castle 87 Dungarvan Castle Oughterard, Co Galway Dún Chaoin, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, Fivemile Bourne, Co Leitrim Trim,Co Meath Castle Street, Dungarvan, Co Waterford Charles Fort 29 Tel +353 (091) 552214 Trá Lí, Co Chiarraí Tel +353 (071) 916 4149 Tel +353 (046) 943 8619 Tel +353 (058) 48144 Fax +353 (046) 943 8618 Summer Cove, Kinsale,Co Cork Fax +353 (091) 557244 Tel +353 (066) 915 6444 / (066) 915 6371 Fax +353 (071) 916 4546 The castle consists of a polygonal 12th C. shell Tel +353 (021) 477 2263 Largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland, constructed Well preserved 16th C. Fax +353 (066) 915 6446 17th C. fortified manor house, recently restored using by Hugh de Lacy in the 12th C. with an enclosing curtain wall, a corner tower and a Fax +353 (021) 477 4347 Open: Celebrates the story of the Blasket Islanders Irish oak and traditional craftsmanship gate tower. A classic example of a 17th C star-shaped fort Open: St Patrick’s W/End-Sept Daily 10.00-18.00 Easter - Mid Oct. Daily 09.30-18.00 their native language, culture and tradition Open: Easter - Mid Sept Daily 10.00-18.00 October Daily 09.30-17.30 Open: Late May - Late Sept Daily 10.00-18.00 Open: Nov-Early Dec Daily 10.00-17.00 Guided Tour Max: 20 Last admission 45 min before closing. Access by guided tour only Open: Easter - Mid Oct Daily 10.00-18.00 Nov – Mid March W/Ends only Early Dec-Mid March Tues-Sun 10.00-17.00 Admission: E Open for bookings in winter Admission:E -- Admission Free Last admission 45 mins before closing. Mid March-Oct Daily 10.00-18.00 Closed weekend before Christmas & New Year. Admission:D -- Admission:D Castle (incl. Keep) Please note that this is a very busy site and visitors Last admission 1 hour before closing. Visitors are 41 Connemara National Park Adare Castle 65 E Castle (excl. Keep) may experience a delay during the summer months. advised to wear footwear suitable for uneven terrain Letterfrack, Co Galway Listowel Castle 53 Adare, Co. Limerick Reginald’s Tower 88 Admission:D -- Access to the keep by guided tour only (Managed in conjunction with Waterford City Council) Tel +353 (95) 41054 / 41323 / 60900 The Square, Listowel, Co. Kerry Tel +353 (061) 396666 Fax +353 (061) 396932 The Quay, Waterford 30 Desmond Castle (French Prison) Fax +353 (095) 60912 Tel +353 (86) 385 7201 A fine example of the medieval fortified castle. It was Clonmacnoise 76 Tel/Fax: +353 (051) 304220 Cork Street, Kinsale,Co Cork Email [email protected] Winter Contact No. 064 6632402 an important stronghold of the Earls of Desmond Shannonbridge, Co Offaly Restored 13th C. circular tower, originally part of the Tel +353 (021) 477 4855 Covers 2,000 hectares of scenic countryside, rich in The present castle, overlooking the River Feale, is Open: June - Sept Tel +353 (090) 967 4195 town’s defences. It was later used as a mint, a prison Built as a custom house in c. 1500, the castle now wildlife, on the slopes of the Twelve Bens said to have been built in the 13th century Castle Access is by tour from the Adare Heritage Centre Fax +353 (090) 967 4273 Open: Mar-End Oct: Daily 09.00 – 17.30 and military store houses the International Museum of Wine Open: Late May - Late Aug Daily 09.30-17.30 Admission: Adult €6.00 6th C. monastic site, with three high crosses, a Open: Easter - Mid Sept: Daily 10.00 - 18.00 Cathedral, seven churches and two round towers Open: Early Mar-May Daily 10.00-17.00 Access by guided tour only Child/Student/Senior €5.00 Family €15.00 Group €4.50 Last admission 1 hr before closing. Admission Free Open: Nov-Mid Mar Daily 10.00-17.30 June-Mid Sept Daily 10.00-18.00 Admission:E -- Admission Free Mid Sept-Early Mar Wed-Sun 10.00-17.00 Closed Christmas week 54 Ross Castle 66 Desmond Hall (Banqueting Hall) Mid Mar-May Daily 10.00-18.00 Admission:E -- Coole Park 42 Killarney, Co Kerry The Square, Newcastlewest, Co Limerick June-August Daily 09.00-19.00 Doneraile Park 31 Coole Visitor Centre, Gort, Co Galway Tel +353 64 6635851 Tel +353 (069) 77408 Sept-Oct Daily 10.00-18.00 Admission:C -- Fax +353 64 6635852 Please note that this is a very busy site and visitors 89 Ballyhack Castle Doneraile, Co Cork Tel +353 (091) 631804Fax +353 (091) 631653 Built in 15th C. its medieval features include restored Debit/Credit Cards Accepted Ballyhack, Co Wexford Tel +353 (087) 251 5965 Now a nature reserve, Coole was the home of Lady A restored 15th C. castle which now houses a fine musicians oak gallery and hooded fireplace. may experience a delay during the summer months collection of 16th & 17th C. oak furniture Tel +353 (051) 389468 An outstanding example of an 18th C. landscaped Gregory, one of the founders of the Abbey Theatre Open: Late May - Early Sept Daily 10.00-18.00 Open: Early Mar - Late Oct Daily 09.30-17.45 77 Boyle Abbey Large 15th C. tower house built by the Knights park covering 166 hectares Open: Easter - June 10.00-17.00 Boyle, Co Roscommon Open: Summer Mon-Fri 8.00 - 20.00 July - Aug 10.00-18.00 Last admission 45 mins before closing. Admission Free Guided Tours Only Hospitallers of St. John Sat, Sun & B/H 9.00 - 20.00 Guided Tour: Max: 15 · Access by guided tour only Tel +353 (071) 966 2604 · Fax +353 (071) 966 4817 Open: Late June-Late Aug Daily 10.00-18.00 Sept Daily 10.00-17.00 Admission:D -- A Cistercian monastery founded in the 12th C. Winter Mon-Fri 8.00 - 17.00 Closed Last weekend in September for Annual Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre 67 Admission Free Sat-Sun & B/H 9.00 - 17.00 Kenagh, Co Longford Open: Easter – Mid Sept. Daily 10.00 – 18.00 Admission Free Autumn Gathering. Admission Free Check with site for guided tour availability on the day. Last admission 15 mins before closing. Last admission to audio visuals 1 hour before closing Skellig Michael 55 Tel +353 (043) 3322386 Ferns Castle 90 32 Fota Arboretum and Gardens Co Kerry Fax +353 (043) 3322442 Admission E Ferns, Co Wexford Fota Estate, Carrigtwohill, Co Cork 43 Dún Aonghasa Tel +353 (01) 647 6912 (National Monuments) The centre interprets an Iron Age bog road, the Tel/Fax +353 (021) 481 2728 Kilmurvey, Inishmore, Aran Islands, Co Galway 087 9083534 (Guide Service) largest of this kind to be uncovered in Europe dating Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery 78 Tel +353 (053) 936 6411 Fax +353 (053) 936 6395 Extends over an area of 11 hectares and includes an Tel +353 (099) 61008 8 miles (12km) ofIWKHFRDVW\RXZLOO¿QGDUHPDUNDEO\ from 148 BC Carrowmore, Co Sligo well preserved 6th C. monastic settlement. ornamental pond and Italian walled gardens.Pedestrian Fax +353 (099) 61009 Open: Easter - Mid Sept Daily 10.00-18.00 Tel +353 (071) 916 1534 Fax +353 (071) 915 4743 13th C. castle featuring a fine circular chapel, original fireplaces and a vaulted basement. Tapestry panels access all year round during daylight hours. The largest of the prehistoric stone forts of the Open: Mid May - Late Sept depending on weather Access by guided tour only largest megalithic cemetery with over 60 Open: Aran Islands conditions tombs, some among the oldest in the country. depicting History of Ferns on display in Visitor Separate charge imposed by boat operator(s) Admission Free Centre. Arboretum: Apr - Oct Daily 9.00-18.00 Open: End Mar-Oct Daily 09.45-18.00 Admission Free Open: Easter-Early Oct Daily 10.00-18.00 Please exercise extreme caution. Please read safety signs and leaflets carefully as Open: Late May-late Sept Daily 10.00-18.00 Nov - March Daily 9.00-17.00 Nov-Dec Daily 09:30-16.00 68 Old Mellifont Abbey Gardens: Apr - Oct Mon - Thurs 9.00-16.30 fatalities have occurred at this site. See www.heritageireland.ie Tullyallen, Drogheda, Co Louth Admission:E -- Guided Tour: Max 15 Admission Free Admission:E -- Jan-Feb: Wed-Sun 09:30-16:00 Admission Free Fri 9.00-15.30 Tel: Late May - Late Aug 56 Castletown 91 JFK Arboretum € Apr - Sept Sat & B/H 11.00-17.00 Portumna Castle and Gardens 44 +353 (41) 982 6459 (Old Mellifont Abbey) 79 Sligo Abbey (Parking Fee 3perday) Celbridge, Co Kildare New Ross, Co Wexford Sun 2.00-17.00 Portumna, Co Galway Fax: Late May - Late Aug +353 (41) 982 6053 Abbey Street, Sligo, Co Sligo Tel+353(01)6288252 Tel: Oct-End Apr +353 (41) 988 0300 (Brú na Bóinne) Tel +353 (051) 388171 Tel +353 (090) 974 1658 Tel +353 (071) 914 6406 Fax +353 (01) 627 1811 Fax: Oct-End Apr +353 (41) 982 3071 Fax +353 (051) 388172 Ilnacullin (Garinish Island) 33 Fax +353 (090) 974 1889 Fax +353 (071) 914 9909 Glengarriff, Bantry, Co Cork Built c.1722, Castletown is the largest and most Ireland’s first Cistercian monastery, its most unique 252 hectares including 4,500 types of tree and Built before 1618, this Jacobean manor was the seat of the 13th C. Dominican Friary containing the only surviving significant Palladian style country house in Ireland features being its octagonal lavabo c.1200 shrubs, 200 forest plots, rhododendrons and dwarf Tel +353 (027) 63040 De Burgo family for over 200 years. Includes the recently Access by guided tour only Open: Late May - Late Aug Daily 10.00-18.00 15th C. sculptured high altar in any Irish monastic Fax+353 (027) 63149 church conifers restored 17th century walled kitchen garden Open: St Patrick’s Weekend - Oct, Tue - Sun & Contact Bru na Boinne at 041 9880300 [email protected] Admission:E -- Open: Oct-Mar Daily 10.00-17.00 Island garden of rare beauty situated in the sheltered Open: Easter - Mid Sept Daily 09.30-18.00 B/H 10.00-18.00. Closed Mondays except Bank Open: Easter - Early Oct Daily 10.00 - 18.00 harbour of Glengarriff in Bantry Bay Oct, Weekends only up to the 20th Oct, 09.30-17.00 Admission:E -- Holidays. Céide Fields 69 Admission:E -- Apr Daily 10.00-18.30 Open: Access by tour only more than 10 must pre-book Ballycastle, Co Mayo Admission:E -- May-Aug Daily 10.00-20.00 Cahir Castle 80 Lat 52.32211 Long -6.93147 Sept Daily 10.00-18.30 Apr Mon-Sat 10.00-18.30 Sun 13.00-18.30 45 Teach an Phiarsaigh (Pearse’s Cottage) Car park access from exit 6 off M4. Tel +353 (096) 43325 Fax +353 (096) 43261 May & Sept Mon-Sat 10.00-18.30 Sun 12.00-18.30 Stone Age landscape of stone-walled fields, dwellings Castle Street, Cahir,Co Tipperary Inbhear, Ros Muc, Co Galway € € € Tintern Abbey 92 June Mon-Sat 10.00-18.30 Sun 11.00-18.30 Admission: Adult 4.50 Senior/Child/Student/Group (20+) 3.50 Family 12.50 and megalithic tombs preserved under blanket Tel +353 (52) 7441011 Admission:D -- Tel +353 (091) 574292 Saltmills, New Ross, Co Wexford July-Aug Mon-Sat 09.30-18.30 Sun 11.00-18.30 bogland, over 5,000 years old Fax +353 (52) 7442324 Restored cottage, once the summer home of Patrick 57 Tel +353 (051) 562650 Oct Mon-Sat 10.00-16.00 Sun 13.00-17.00 Maynooth, Co Kildare Open: Easter - End May Daily 10.00-17.00 One of Ireland’s largest and best preserved castles Separate charge imposed by boat operators · Last landing 1 hour before closing Pearse (1879-1916), nationalist, educationalist and (13th-19th C.) +353 (056) 772 4623 (winter contact) Tel +353 (01) 628 6744 June - End Sept Daily 10.00-18.00 poet. Guided Tour: Max 15 13th C. Cistercian abbey named after Tintern in Fax +353 (01) 628 6848 Oct Daily 10.00-17.00 Closed 24-30 December inclusive 34 Donegal Castle Open: Easter Weekend Daily 10.00-17.00 Open: Mid Oct-Feb Daily 09.30-16.30 Wales A 13th C castle, it boasts one of the largest of Rest of year open for groups. Advance bookings only. Admission: -- Donegal Town, Co Donegal Late May - Early Sept Daily 10.00-18.00 D Mar-Mid June Daily 09.30-17.30 Open: Mid May - Late Sept Daily 10.00-18.00 Admission:E -- its type in these islands Admission:E -- Tel +353 (074) 972 2405 Mid June-Aug Daily 09.00-18.30 Open: Late May - Late Sept Daily 10.00-18.00 Fax +353 (074) 972 2436 70 Ballycroy National Park Sept-Mid Oct Daily 09.30-17.30 Admission free while visitor centre unavailable. Ardfert Cathedral 46 Wed-Sun and Bank Holidays Ballycroy National park Visitor Centre, Ballycroy Village, A restored 15th C. Norman tower house, with the Last tour 16.30. Grounds Close 17.45 addition of a 17th C. Jacobean manor house Ardfert, Tralee, Co Kerry Admission Free Co Mayo. 81 Famine Warhouse 1848 93 The Wexford Wildfowl Reserve Ballingarry, Co Tipperary Open: Tel +353 (066) 713 4711 58 Dunmore Cave Tel +353 98 49888/49996 North Slob, Wexford, Co Wexford Open Easter - Mid Sept Daily 10.00-18.00 The cathedral dates from the 12-17th C. Castlecomer Road, Co. Kilkenny Fax +353 98 49879/49017 Tel +353 (087) 908 9972 Tel/Fax +353 (053) 912 3406/ +353 (053) 912 4785 Mid Sept - Easter Thurs - Mon incl 09.30-16.30 Open: Tel +353 (056) 776 7726 e-mail: [email protected] During the the Warhouse was the Internationally important for the wildfowl which Guided Tour: Max 35 Early May - Late Sept Daily 10.00-18.00 Fax +353 (056) 776 7302 Website: www.ballycroynationalpark.ie scene of the 1848 Rebellion. The house exhibits the overwinter here. Specialities include Greenland Admission:D -- Last admission 45mins before closing Guided Tour: Max 40 One of Ireland’s most interesting limestone caves. It history of the Famine, the Rebellion in its European White-fronted Geese & Brent Geese Comprising 11,000 hectares of Atlantic blanket bog and was the site of a Viking massacre in 928 context, and the penal exile of the leaders in Australia Open: All year Daily 09.00-17.00 Admission:E -- Open: Mar-Mid June Daily 09.30-17.00 Admission Free mountainous terrain, covering a vast uninhabited and and their escapes to the U.S.A. Glebe House and Gallery 35 unspoilt wilderness dominated by the Nephin Beg mountain range. School Groups by arrangement Churchill, Letterkenny, Co Donegal Mid June-Mid Sept Daily 09.30-18.30 Open: Apr-Sept Wed-Sun 14.30-17.30 Other hours by arrangement with the warden 47 Derrynane House, National Historic Park Mid Sept-Oct Daily 09.30-17.00 Visitor Centre: Early Mar-Sept Daily 10.00-17.30 Tel +353 (074) 913 7071 Fax +353 (074) 913 7816 Admission:E -- Admission Free Oct-Mar Sat/Sun 14.00-16.00 Admission Free Closed Christmas Day Regency house decorated with Victorian William Caherdaniel, Co Kerry Nov-Mar Wed - Sun (incl) 09.30-17.00 By appointment contact +353 87 908 9972 Notice on gate if Reserve is closed. Morris wallpaper, textiles and art works by leading Tel +353 (066) 947 5113 71 Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre Jerpoint Abbey 59 20th C. artists. Access to house by guided tour only Fax +353 (066) 947 5432 Oldbridge, Co. Meath The Main Guard 82 Thomastown, Co Kilkenny Dwyer McAllister Cottage 94 Open: Over Easter Daily 11.00 - 18.30 The ancestral home of statesman, Daniel O’Connell. Tel + 353 (041) 980 9950 Sarsfield Street, Clonmel, Co Tipperary Derrynamuck, Co Wicklow Tel +353 (056) 772 4623 Late May - June: Sat-Thurs 11.00 - 18.30 Situated on 120 hectares of parklands and 1.5km of Fax + 353 (041) 984 9873 Tel +353 (52) 6127484 Fax +353 (52) 6127517 Fax +353 (056) 775 4003 Tel +353 404 45325/52 (Glendalough Visitor Centre) July & August: Daily 11.00 - 18.30 coastline The Battle of the Boyne between King William III and The Main Guard was built by James Butler, Duke Fax +353 404 45626 (Glendalough Visitor Centre) Outstanding example of a Cistercian monastery with of Ormonde, in 1675 as the courthouse for the Sept: Sat-Thurs 11.00 - 18.30 Open: Easter - Sept Daily 10.30 - 18.00 his father-in-law, King James II, was fought on the 1st A fine example of a traditional whitewashed thatched Admission: --E Free to Gallery Oct-Late Nov: Wed - Sun & B/H10.30 - 17.00 a magnificently sculptured cloister arcade July 1690 (11th July according to our modern calendar). administrative area of Co Tipperary Last admission 1hr before closing cottage built with local stone. Historically linked to Admission:E -- Tearooms open Easter - Sept Open: Early Mar - SeptDaily 09.00-17.30 At stake were the British throne, French dominance in Open: 1798 Rebellion Oct Daily 09.00-17.00 Europe and religious power in Ireland. Easter-End Sept: Daily, 9.30-18.00 36 Glenveagh National Park and Castle Open: Mid June-Mid Sept Daily 14.00-18.00 Gallarus Oratory 48 Nov - Start Dec Daily 09.30-16.00 Churchill, Letterkenny, Co Donegal Admission:D -- Open: Mar-Apr Daily 9.30-17.30 Restricted hours in closed season please contact Admission Free Admission Free Baile na nGall, Co Kerry Dec - Mar Pre - booked tours only Admission:E -- Debit/Credit Cards Accepted May-Sept Daily 10.00-18.00 The , Tel +353 (074) 913 7090 (extn 3609) Tel +353 (064) 6632402 Fax +353 (074) 913 7072 Oct-Feb Daily 9.00-17.00 Tel +353 (62) 61437, Fax +353 (62) 62988 95 Glendalough Visitor Centre The best example of an Early Christian Oratory on 60 Kilkenny Castle Free admission to parkland and walkways. 16,500 hectares of mountains, lakes, glens and Glendalough, Co Wicklow the Dingle Peninsula. Kilkenny City, Co Kilkenny For up-to-date Living History details and other events visit www.battleoftheboyne.ie 83 Ormond Castle woods, and a 19th C. castle surrounded by the Guide Service: End May - Late August Tel +353 (056) 770 4100Fax +353 (056) 770 4116 Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary Tel +353 404 45352/25 famous Glenveagh Gardens Fax +353 404 45626 Very limited public parking. A privately owned car park www.kilkennycastle.ie. Recently restored to 1830s Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre 72 Tel: +353 (051) 640787 Visitor Centre Open: Mar - Oct Daily 09.00-18.00 and other facilites including toilets are situated next to splendour, the castle is set in extensive parklands. (Newgrange and Knowth) Fax: +353 (051) 640787 Famous for its monastic site founded in the 6th C. It has a Nov - Feb Daily 09.00-17.00 the Oratory. There is a charge for using these private round tower, stone churches and numerous crosses Admission Free Access: High Season - self guiding, Last adm 30 Donore, Co Meath Built in the 1560s, this is Ireland’s finest example of Castle Open: Year Round 10.00-17.00 facilities – use of the Heritage Card cannot apply. Guided Tour: Max 20 mins before closing. Low Season - by guided tour Tel +353 (041) 988 0300 an Elizabethan manor house Open: Mid Oct-Mid Mar Daily 09.30-17.00 Tearooms (open All Year) Restaurant (open Easter-Sept) only. Last adm. 45 mins before closing. Open: Mid Mar-Mid Oct Daily 09.30-18.00 Fax +353 (041) 982 3071 Open: Easter-Late Sept. Admission to Castle: Adult €5.00. Group & Senior €3.00 Child/Student €2.00 Apr-May Daily 9.30-17.30 June-Aug Daily 9.00-17.30 Sept Daily 9.30-17.30 Oct-Feb Daily 9.30-16.30 Interprets the archaeological heritage of the Boyne Daily 10.00-13.30 & 14.00-18.00 Family €10.00 Park & Visitor Centre Free Bus Charge Adult Return €3.00 49 Killarney National Park Valley, including the megalithic tombs of Newgrange Admission Free Guided Tour: Max 25 Access by guided tour only Admission:E -- Muckross, Killarney, Co Kerry Admission:F -- Mar Daily 9.30-17.00. Debit/Credit Cards Accepted Check website for opening arrangements over & Knowth Newmills Corn and Flax Mills 37 Tel: +353 64 6631440/6631947 Open: Feb - Apr Daily 09.30-17.30 Rock of Cashel 84 Kilmacurragh 96 Christmas and New Year. Cashel,Co Tipperary Kilbride, Co Wicklow Churchill Road, Letterkenny, Co Donegal Fax: +353 64 6633926 May Daily 09.00-18.30 Admission:B -- Tel +353 (074) 912 5115 Comprises of 10,000 hectares, famous for its native St Mary’s Church, Gowran 61 June-Mid Sept Daily 09.00-19.00 Tel +353 (062) 61437 Tel +353 (0404) 48844 / (01) 857 0909 Site closed over Christmas Fax +353 (062) 62988 Fax +353 (074) 910 3353 natural habitats and species including oak-holly Gowran, Co Kilkenny Mid Sept-End Sept Daily 09.00-18.30 Debit/Credit Cards Accepted An arboretum particularly famous for its conifers and A complex of restored industrial buildings, powered woods, yew woods and red deer Oct Daily 09.30-17.30 A spectacular group of Medieval buildings set on an calcifuges Tel + 353 (056) 772 6894 (Open Season) outcrop of limestone in the Golden Vale by the River Swilly Pedestrian access to the Park all year round + 353 (056) 776 7726 (Closed Season) Nov-Jan Daily 09.00-17.00 Knowth open: Easter-Mid Oct Open: Mid Nov-Mid Feb Daily 09.00-16.00 Open: Early Sept-Mid Oct Daily 09.00-17.30 Mid Feb-Mid Nov Daily 09.00-18.00 Open: Late May - Late Sept, Daily, 10.00 - 18.00 Open: Visitors Centre: Late 13th C. church includes an aisled nave, a Please note that this is a very busy site and visitors may experience a delay during the Mid Oct-Mid Mar Daily 09.00-16.30 Guided Tour: Max 20 Admission Free Mid March - Sept Daily 09.00 - 17.30 chancel and a tower and features high quality stone summer months. Access to monuments cannot be guaranteed. Mid Mar-Early June Daily 09.00-17.30 Last Admission 45 mins before closing. Admission Free Oct - Mid March Daily On request carvings Access to monuments by guided tour only Early June-Early Sept Daily 09.00-19.00 Admission:C -- Admission Free Open: Early June - Late Aug Daily 09.30-18.00 Due to restoration works, access to Cormac’s Chapel by guided tour only from May to Sept. Muckross House & Gardens 50 73 Hill of Tara 97 Wicklow Mountains National Park Muckross, Killarney, Co Kerry Admission Free Please note that this is a very busy site and visitors may experience 38 The Grianán of Aileach Navan, Co Meath Upper Lake, Glendalough, Burt, Co. Donegal Tel +353 64 6670144 62 Emo Court End May-Mid Sept a delay during the summer months. C0. Wicklow Fax+353646670116 Tel/Fax +353 (046) 902 5903 A very fine stone-built hilltop fort or cashel, situated 800 Emo, Co Laois 85 Roscrea Heritage (Castle & Damer House) 17,000 hectares which include large areas of Mid Sept-End May feet above sea level on Greenan Mountain commanding Magnificent Victorian mansion & world renowned gardens. Tel +353 (057) 862 6573 Roscrea,Co Tipperary mountain blanket bogs and varied forms of wildlife, superb views of the Foyle, Lough Swilly, and the Sept - June Daily 09.00-17.30 Fax +353 (057) 862 6460 Tel +353 (041) 988 0300 from rare orchids to the Peregrine Falcon A magnificent neo-classical house surrounded by Fax +353 (041) 982 3071 Tel +353 (0505) 21850 Fax +353 (0505) 21904 surrounding countryside. July - Aug Daily 09.00-19.00 Restored Mill and High Cross. 18th C. Queen extensive parklands. Access to house by guided Seat of the High Kings of Ireland, it was the most Anne-style Damer House located in the courtyard of tour only important centre of political and religious power in Admission: A a 13th C. castle Admission Free Open Gardens: All year Daily daylight hours pre-Christian Ireland Admission Free Admission:E -- Open: Easter - Mid Sept Daily 10.00 - 18.00 51 Muckross Traditional Farms House: Easter - Mid Sept Daily 10.00-18.00 Open: Late May – Mid Sept Daily 10.00-18.00 Information Centre: Tel +353 (0404) 45425 Fax +353 (0404) 45710 Muckross, Killarney, Co Kerry Admission: E May-Sept Daily 10.00-17.30 39 Admission:D -- Oct-Apr Weekends Only 10.00-17.30 (or dusk if earlier) Athenry Castle Tel: +353 64 6631440/6670144 Heywood Gardens 63 Loughcrew 74 Athenry, Co Galway Fax: +353 64 6633926 Ballinakill, Co Laois Oldcastle, Co. Meath Education Centre: Open throughout the year for school bookings Tel +353 (091) 844797 Three separate working farms preserving in real life Swiss Cottage 86 Tel +353 (0404) 45656 Fax +353 (0404) 45710 Tel +353 (057) 873 3563 Tel +353 (049) 854 1240 Kilcommon, Cahir, Co Tipperary Fax +353 (091) 845796 the farming traditions of rural Ireland Fax +353 (041) 982 3071 (Brú na Bóinne) Email: [email protected] A formal garden, designed by Sir Edward Lutyens, Tel +353 (052) 7441144 13th C. three-storey tower house Please note this site does not accept Heritage Cards The Loughcrew Cairns, also known as the Little Hills Mid Mar & Apr Sat, Sun & B/H 13.00-18.00 surrounded by woodland and lakes · Admission free A superb example of an early 19th C. “cottage orné” Open: Open: Oct-Mar Daily 8.30-17.30 of the Witch, are a group of Neolithic passage tombs Easter - Sept Daily 10.00 - 18.00 May Daily 13.00-18.00 dating to 3000 BC Open: End March - Mid Oct Daily 10.00-18.00 Apr & Sept Daily 8.30-19.00 To Mid Oct Mon-Thurs only 10.00 - 17.00 Admission: A June - Aug Daily 10.00-18.00 Open: Late May - Late Aug Daily 10.00-18.00 Guided Tour: Max 12 Last Admission 45mins. before closing Sept & Oct Sat, Sun & B/H 13.00-18.00 May-August Daily 8.30-21.00 Admission: E Admission Free Admission Free Admission:E --