Slieve Bloom MountainsLow and flat topped on the Offaly border, mostly blanket bog and forestry, with Arderin the high point at 527m.
Ruin
Kinnitty Pyramid
Kinnitty, County Offaly
Nine metres of stone pyramid, built as a family mausoleum in the graveyard at Kinnitty.
- Where
- Kinnitty, County Offaly
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Slieve Bloom MountainsLow and flat topped on the Offaly border, mostly blanket bog and forestry, with Arderin the high point at 527m.
BirrWide Georgian streets laid out around the castle gates, with a lot of the original shopfronts kept.
Birr Castle DemesneFifty hectares of gardens around the castle, and the nineteenth century Leviathan telescope still standing in its walls.
Lough Boora Discovery ParkA worked out bog was turned into a park, and it now has lakes, cycle paths and large outdoor sculptures left out in it.
Charleville CastleA Gothic revival castle stands in oak woodland on the edge of Tullamore, open for guided tours.More in Offaly
ClonmacnoiseMonastic site · ShannonbridgeA monastery on a bend of the Shannon, with two round towers, several churches and a field of carved slabs.
Slieve Bloom MountainsMountain · KinnittyThe range sits low and forested on the Laois border, crossed by one long waymarked route with shorter loops signed off it.
Tullamore D.E.W. DistilleryDistillery or brewery · TullamoreThe working distillery at Clonminch on the edge of Tullamore runs a long tour through the still house and the cask warehouse, for over 18s.
Clara Bog Nature ReserveBog · ClaraOne of the last raised bogs left in western Europe, crossed by a boardwalk, with the visitor centre in the town.
Croghan HillViewpoint · RhodeA volcanic plug stands on its own out of the Bog of Allen, with a burial mound on the top.
Grand Canal GreenwayGreenway · TullamoreThe canal towpath runs the whole width of the county and is flat the whole way, so you can take it in sections.
Durrow High Cross and ChurchMonastic site · TullamoreThe tenth century high cross and early grave slabs sit at the old Durrow monastery north of Tullamore.
Rahan ChurchesMonastic site · TullamoreTwo early churches beside the Grand Canal west of Tullamore. One of them is still in use.