Carrickmacross Lace GalleryThe applique lace has been made in this town since the 1820s, and the gallery is a working one.
Megalithic tomb
Lisnadarragh Wedge Tomb
Carrickmacross, County Monaghan
The wedge tomb sits in farmland in the south of the county, chamber stones still in place.
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- Carrickmacross, County Monaghan
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Carrickmacross Lace GalleryThe applique lace has been made in this town since the 1820s, and the gallery is a working one.
Carrickmacross WorkhouseWhat survives of the famine era workhouse on the edge of town was restored and is open to visitors.
Dun a Ri Forest ParkMixed woodland along the Cabra river outside Kingscourt, with waterfalls, a wishing well and marked trails.
Lough Muckno Leisure ParkBlayney and Hope once held this estate on the shore of Lough Muckno. It is public parkland now, with forest and lakeside trails.
St Peter's Tin Church, LaraghCorrugated iron, at Laragh, and one of the few prefabricated tin churches left standing in the country.
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.More in Monaghan
Rossmore Forest ParkForest · MonaghanRossmore's old estate outside the town has colour coded trails, a lake and a family cycle route through it.
Clones Round Tower and High CrossMonastic site · ClonesSeventy five feet of round tower and a carved ninth century cross stand in the centre of Clones, off the monastery St Tiernach founded.
Monaghan County MuseumMuseum · MonaghanHill Street holds the county museum, and the Cross of Clogher is in its collection.
Dartrey ForestForest · RockcorryDawson's old estate between Cootehill and Rockcorry has lakes linked by the Dromore river and a famine wall along the road.
Inniskeen Round TowerMonastic site · InniskeenTwelve metres of round tower stump in the village graveyard is all that is left of St Daig's monastery.
GlasloughVillage · GlasloughStone houses beside the Castle Leslie demesne, with a heritage trail through the village.- Emy LoughLake · EmyvaleEmy Lough sits just outside Emyvale, with a four kilometre looped walk around it.
Sliabh Beagh WayWalk · ScotstownThe route runs over the bog and heather of Sliabh Beagh, along the northern county boundary.