Dunguaire CastleThe tower house sits on the edge of Galway Bay, with water on three sides of it at high tide.
Park
Coole Park
Gort, County Galway
Lady Gregory's house stood on this wooded estate outside Gort. The autograph tree and the lake walks are still there.
Coole Park Visitor Centre & Gardens was the home of Lady Augusta Gregory, a co-founder of the Abbey Theatre, and is now a nature reserve situated on 1,000 acres of land.
- Where
- Gort, County Galway
- Address
- Coole Demesne
- Official site
- coolepark.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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Dunguaire CastleThe tower house sits on the edge of Galway Bay, with water on three sides of it at high tide.
Flaggy ShoreLow limestone shoreline at New Quay on the north Burren coast, walked as a road loop past Lough Murree.
Poulnabrone Portal TombThe capstone is propped on two upright slabs, sitting on bare limestone beside the R480, and it has been there since the neolithic.
Aillwee CaveThe cave system runs inside Aillwee Mountain above Ballyvaughan, walked on a guided route past old bear hibernation pits.
Burren National ParkLimestone pavement, hazel scrub and lakes that come and go south of Mullaghmore, with waymarked trails from the Gortlecka car park.On nearby
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