Fore AbbeyA Benedictine abbey and church ruins fill a narrow valley, with local curiosities around them known as the seven wonders.
Megalithic tomb
Loughcrew Cairns
Oldcastle, County Meath
Passage tombs scattered across the hills west of Oldcastle, up a steep walk from the car park.
The Loughcrew Cairns are one of Ireland’s archaeological treasures and can be found just 3km east of Oldcastle, County Meath.
- Where
- Oldcastle, County Meath
- Address
- Loughcrew Cairns, Corstown
- 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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Fore AbbeyA Benedictine abbey and church ruins fill a narrow valley, with local curiosities around them known as the seven wonders.
Lough DerravaraghThe lake runs long and narrow under Knockeyon, and the story of the Children of Lir is set on it.
Mullaghmeen ForestEurope's largest planted beech wood sits on the Meath border, with trails going up to the summit.
Spire of LloydThe stone folly on a hill outside Kells was built in the shape of a lighthouse, and it is open to climb on set days.
Cavan County MuseumA former convent in Ballyjamesduff holds the county museum, with a full scale First World War trench out in the grounds.
Tullynally Castle GardensThe Gothic revival house near Castlepollard is a large one, with woodland gardens and a walled garden open to walk.On nearby
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Trim CastleCastle · TrimIreland's largest Norman castle: a square keep inside a curtain wall on the bank of the Boyne.
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Hill of SlaneMonastic site · SlaneA ruined friary and a tower sit on the hilltop above the village, with most of the Boyne valley in the view.
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