Old Mellifont AbbeyWhat is left of the first Cistercian abbey in Ireland. The octagonal washing house beside the river is still standing.
Castle
Ardee Castle
Ardee, County Louth
Ardee's fortified tower house is the largest of its kind in the country and it stands on the main street.
- Where
- Ardee, County Louth
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Old Mellifont AbbeyWhat is left of the first Cistercian abbey in Ireland. The octagonal washing house beside the river is still standing.
Hill of SlaneA ruined friary and a tower sit on the hilltop above the village, with most of the Boyne valley in the view.
Patrick Kavanagh CentreThe centre is in the old Inniskeen church in Patrick Kavanagh's home parish, on his life and the townlands he wrote about.
Inniskeen Round TowerTwelve metres of round tower stump in the village graveyard is all that is left of St Daig's monastery.
SlaneFour matching Georgian houses face each other at the crossroads, with the Boyne bridge below.More in Louth
CarlingfordVillage · CarlingfordNarrow medieval lanes on the shore of Carlingford Lough, with the Cooley mountains going up straight behind them.
King John's Castle, CarlingfordCastle · CarlingfordThe ruined stone castle is built on the rock above the harbour at the north end of the village.
MonasterboiceMonastic site · DroghedaA walled graveyard north of Drogheda holds a round tower and three carved high crosses.
Slieve FoyeMountain · CarlingfordSlieve Foye rises directly above Carlingford, and a marked loop climbs off the edge of the village.
Proleek DolmenMegalithic tomb · DundalkThe capstone weighs about forty tonnes and balances on three uprights, in a field near Ballymascanlon.
Castleroche CastleCastle · DundalkThe thirteenth century castle sits on a rock outcrop northwest of Dundalk, gable wall and window still upright.
Beaulieu House and GardensHouse and gardens · DroghedaA seventeenth century house east of Drogheda, with walled gardens and grounds running down towards the Boyne.
St Laurence's GateRuin · DroghedaTwo towers of the old town wall stand over a street in the middle of Drogheda.