Co. Kilkenny CASTLECOMER

Wandesforde House

Castlecomer Discovery Park

This wonderful 80 acre discovery park & visitor centre, located at Castlecomer Demesne and Estate Yard is a place to escape and reconnect with nature, to discover more about local coal mining heritage and contemporary craft, and to explore an abundance of things to do in magical woodland surroundings.

The ‘Footprints in Coal’ Experience and coal mining museum comprises a 45 minute tour through Castlecomer’s past. One of Ireland’s and more specifically Kilkenny’s most intriguing exhibitions, it is an interactive multi-media display that takes the visitor on a journey through time.

There are 6km of themed woodland forest walks centered on two rainbow trout angling lakes. Picnic tables are located in the parkland by the river’s edge close to the car park and children’s playground and there are also a number of more secluded picnic spots located along the woodland walks.

Dunmore Cave

Dunmore Cave is a limestone cave that consists of a series of chambers formed over millions of years, while not being of the largest of Ireland's caves - it contains just a quarter of a mile of passages and at its deepest point, it descends to 150 ft (46 m) - it possesses some of the finest calcite formations found in any Irish cave, the most spectacular is the Market Cross, a distinctly cross-shaped column over 19 ft (5.8 m) high.

It is also particularly well known for its rich archaeological discoveries and for being the site of a Viking massacre in 928. Exhibitions and displays in the Visitor Centre.

Jarrow Café at The Discovery Park

Café 1

The Restaurant Lady Anne @ Creamery House

Avalon House Hotel

The Lime Tree