Battle of the Boyne Visitor CentreThe restored house and walled garden at Oldbridge stand on the ground the 1690 battle was fought over.
Abbey
Old Mellifont Abbey
Collon, County Louth
What is left of the first Cistercian abbey in Ireland. The octagonal washing house beside the river is still standing.
Old Mellifont Abbey, Ireland’s first Cistercian monastery, founded in 1142.
- Where
- Collon, County Louth
- Address
- Mellifont, Tullyallen Village
- Official site
- heritageireland.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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Battle of the Boyne Visitor CentreThe restored house and walled garden at Oldbridge stand on the ground the 1690 battle was fought over.
Hill of SlaneA ruined friary and a tower sit on the hilltop above the village, with most of the Boyne valley in the view.
SlaneFour matching Georgian houses face each other at the crossroads, with the Boyne bridge below.
NewgrangeThe passage tomb went up around 3200 BC under a mound above the Boyne. You go in on a guided tour that leaves from the visitor centre.
KnowthSmaller satellite tombs ring the mound at Knowth, which carries the biggest collection of megalithic art in western Europe.On nearby
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