Dunbrody Famine Ship Experience, New Ross. County Wexford
Award-winning tourist experience The Dunbrody Famine Ship is an award-winning tourist attraction centered on an authentic reproduction of an 1840s emigrant vessel. It provides a world-class interpretation of the experience of Irish people in a desperate situation traveling on a famine ship. You can also access a free database that recorded Irish, English, Scottish, and Welsh immigrants that [...]
Kinnitty Pyramid, Kinnitty. County Offaly 1834
Toot and come in! The Kinnitty Pyramid was built by Lt. Col Richard Wellesley Bernard in 1834 as a family tomb. It took 4 years to complete and is the only one of its kind in Ireland. The Bernards were a wealthy landowning family who lived in the nearby Kinnitty Castle. Richard was an architect and engineer who [...]
Cahirvagliar Ringfort, Coppeen. County Cork 1000 AD
A former royal residence West Cork holds a wealth of historical sites of unique archaeological value like this fort. It is estimated that up to 50,000 ring forts were built in Ireland to provide safety for small communities and to safeguard livestock from raiding parties between 600 BC and 1000 AD. Cahirvagliar Fort stands out from the rest [...]
Kinneigh Round Tower, Kinneigh. County Cork c.1050 AD
The only example of a round tower with a hexagonal base Kinneigh was originally the site of a monastery founded by St. Mocholmóg in 619 AD. It later became a prominent ecclesiastical center for the O’Crowley Clan as it bordered their territory. The round tower is one of only 2 round towers in County Cork and is the [...]
Markree Castle, Collooney. County Sligo 1800
An exceptional hotel & asteroid discoveries The impressive Markree Castle Hotel stands on land that was originally controlled by the McDonagh clan. After the Cromwellian invasion of Ireland, the lands were granted to Edward Cooper after he defeated the O'Brien clan in 1663 and ended up marrying Conor O'Brien's widow Marie Rua. Cooper and his descendants went on [...]
Timahoe Round Tower & Heritage Centre, Timahoe, County Laois c.6th-19th centuries
One of the most elegant Romanesque doorways in Ireland The Timahoe Round Tower is set within peaceful parklands beside a bridge over the Bauteogue River with space for walks and picnics. It stands over 30m high and has one of the most elegant Romanesque doorways in Ireland with fine carvings of human heads that have flowing beards and [...]