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Kilkenny Castle

Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny

Category: Families, Kids, Outdoors, Rainy Day, Culture, Sightseeing

Type: Castles, Historic Homes & Sites, Parks & Gardens, Visitor Centres, Tours, General Attractions

Kilkenny Castle is a 12th century castle remodelled in Victorian times and set in extensive parklands which was the principal seat of the Butler family, Marquesses and Dukes of Ormonde. Kilkenny C ...
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Battle of the Boyne

Drogheda, Co. Louth

Category: Families, Outdoors, Rainy Day, Culture, Nature/Wildlife, Sightseeing

Type: Castles, Historic Homes & Sites, Forest & Woodland, Museums & Galleries, Visitor Centres, Tours, General Attractions

The Battle of the Boyne between two rival claimants of the English, Scottish, and Irish thrones King William III and his father-in-law, King James II, was fought on 1 July 1690 (11 July according ...
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Listowel Castle

Listowel, Co. Kerry

Category: Families, Culture, Sightseeing, Free

Type: Castles, Historic Homes & Sites, General Attractions

Listowel Castle originated in the 13th century but the present castle was probably built in the 15th century by the FitzMaurices. The castle stands in a strategic position on an elevated bank over ...
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King House

Boyle, Co. Roscommon

Category: Families, Rainy Day, Culture, Sightseeing

Type: Castles, Historic Homes & Sites, Museums & Galleries, Visitor Centres, General Attractions

King House is a magnificently restored Georgian Mansion located in Boyle, County Roscommon. It was built in the early 1700’s for Sir Henry King, whose family were one of the most powerful an ...
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Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery

Carrowmore, Co. Sligo

Category: Families, Outdoors, Sightseeing

Type: Castles, Historic Homes & Sites, Visitor Centres, General Attractions

The largest - and amongst the oldest - cemetery of megalithic tombs in Ireland consisting of monuments that range from five and a half thousand to six and a half thousand years old.
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Navan Centre & Fort

Armagh, Co. Armagh

Category: Families, Kids, Culture, Sightseeing

Type: Castles, Historic Homes & Sites, Visitor Centres, General Attractions

The Navan Centre & Fort introduces you to one of Ireland’s most importance archaeological sites, the legendary Emain Macha [Navan Fort] and in a fun and friendly way.
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Barryscourt Castle

Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork

Category: Families, Sightseeing, Free

Type: Castles, Historic Homes & Sites

The site on which Barryscourt castle now stands has been occupied for over a thousand years - there is evidence of a wooden watermill having been built next to a stream at the site sometime in the ...
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Blarney Castle

Blarney, Co. Cork

Category: Families, Outdoors, Rainy Day, Sightseeing

Type: Castles, Historic Homes & Sites, Parks & Gardens, Visitor Centres, Tours, General Attractions

Blarney Castle was built nearly six hundred years ago by one of Ireland's greatest chieftains, Cormac MacCarthy, and has been attracting attention beyond Munster ever since.
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Roscrea Castle & Heritage Centre

Roscrea, Co. Tipperary

Category: Families, Culture, Sightseeing

Type: Castles, Historic Homes & Sites, Visitor Centres, General Attractions

Roscrea Castle was originally erected by King John I of England. The later rectangular keep, known as Ormonde Castle, was built by James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond some time before 1450.
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