Monaghan County MuseumHill Street holds the county museum, and the Cross of Clogher is in its collection.
Forest
Rossmore Forest Park
Monaghan, County Monaghan
Rossmore's old estate outside the town has colour coded trails, a lake and a family cycle route through it.
- Where
- Monaghan, County Monaghan
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- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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Monaghan County MuseumHill Street holds the county museum, and the Cross of Clogher is in its collection.
Monaghan Market HouseThe market house of 1792 on Market Street is used as a gallery and arts space now.
The Monaghan WayThe route crosses the middle of the county, signposted the whole way with fingerposts.
GlasloughStone houses beside the Castle Leslie demesne, with a heritage trail through the village.
Errigal Truagh Old Church and GraveyardA roofless medieval church and its graveyard sit north of Emyvale, beside the modern parish church.More in Monaghan
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.
Patrick Kavanagh CentreMuseum · InniskeenThe centre is in the old Inniskeen church in Patrick Kavanagh's home parish, on his life and the townlands he wrote about.
Lough Muckno Leisure ParkPark · CastleblayneyBlayney and Hope once held this estate on the shore of Lough Muckno. It is public parkland now, with forest and lakeside trails.
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.
Carrickmacross WorkhouseMuseum · CarrickmacrossWhat survives of the famine era workhouse on the edge of town was restored and is open to visitors.
Carrickmacross Lace GalleryMuseum · CarrickmacrossThe applique lace has been made in this town since the 1820s, and the gallery is a working one.
Sliabh Beagh WayWalk · ScotstownThe route runs over the bog and heather of Sliabh Beagh, along the northern county boundary.