Kinnitty PyramidNine metres of stone pyramid, built as a family mausoleum in the graveyard at Kinnitty.
Mountain
Slieve Bloom Mountains
Mountrath, County Laois
Low and flat topped on the Offaly border, mostly blanket bog and forestry, with Arderin the high point at 527m.
See the natural beauty of the Slieve Bloom Mountains, rising from the central plains of Ireland between Laois and Offaly.
- Where
- Mountrath, County Laois
- Address
- Slieve Bloom Mountains, Glendine
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
The closest places on our lists, in any county.
Kinnitty PyramidNine metres of stone pyramid, built as a family mausoleum in the graveyard at Kinnitty.
Charleville CastleA Gothic revival castle stands in oak woodland on the edge of Tullamore, open for guided tours.
Grand Canal GreenwayThe canal towpath runs the whole width of the county and is flat the whole way, so you can take it in sections.
Durrow High Cross and ChurchThe tenth century high cross and early grave slabs sit at the old Durrow monastery north of Tullamore.
Rahan ChurchesTwo early churches beside the Grand Canal west of Tullamore. One of them is still in use.More in Laois
Rock of DunamaseRuin · PortlaoiseThe rock rises straight out of flat land east of Portlaoise with a ruined castle on top of it, and three counties are visible from up there.
Emo CourtHouse and gardens · PortlaoiseJames Gandon designed this domed neoclassical house. There is a lake in the grounds and a mile long avenue of giant sequoia running up to it.
GlenbarrowWaterfall · ClonasleeGlenbarrow is where the River Barrow starts in the Slieve Blooms, with a waterfall in it and a looped trail from the car park.
Timahoe Round Tower and ChurchMonastic site · TimahoeNearly 30m of round tower on the green at Timahoe, with its carved Romanesque doorway five metres off the ground.
Aghaboe AbbeyAbbey · BallacollaThe Dominican priory ruin and the church beside it stand on a monastic site that goes back to the 6th century.
Killeshin ChurchRuin · KilleshinThe carved Romanesque west doorway is still upright on this church ruin, on the hill west of Carlow town.
Donaghmore Famine Workhouse MuseumMuseum · RathdowneyAn 1853 workhouse near Rathdowney, kept as it was, dormitories still standing and an agricultural museum in the yard.
Abbeyleix BogBog · AbbeyleixThe boardwalk crosses a raised bog on the edge of the town. People from Abbeyleix blocked Bord na Móna's machines in 2000, and the town has looked after it since.