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Things to do in Tullamore
County Offaly
Tullamore is built along the Grand Canal, with the harbour and the distillery beside the water.
7 of the 20 places on our County Offaly list are in Tullamore: Lough Boora Discovery Park, Charleville Castle, Tullamore D.E.W. Distillery, Grand Canal Greenway, Durrow High Cross and Church, Rahan Churches and Tullamore. Between them a park, a castle, a distillery and a greenway. Further down the page: one more place in the town off Fáilte Ireland's public list and one event listed here in the window we cover.
On our Offaly list
6 places in and around Tullamore.
Lough Boora Discovery ParkPark · TullamoreA worked out bog was turned into a park, and it now has lakes, cycle paths and large outdoor sculptures left out in it.
Charleville CastleCastle · TullamoreA Gothic revival castle stands in oak woodland on the edge of Tullamore, open for guided tours.
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.
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.
More to see in Tullamore
From Fáilte Ireland’s own listings.
What’s on in Tullamore
The top of the Offaly list
ClonmacnoiseMonastic site · ShannonbridgeA monastery on a bend of the Shannon, with two round towers, several churches and a field of carved slabs.
Birr Castle DemesneCastle · BirrFifty hectares of gardens around the castle, and the nineteenth century Leviathan telescope still standing in its walls.
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.- Lough Boora Discovery ParkPark · TullamoreA worked out bog was turned into a park, and it now has lakes, cycle paths and large outdoor sculptures left out in it.
- Charleville CastleCastle · TullamoreA Gothic revival castle stands in oak woodland on the edge of Tullamore, open for guided tours.
- 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.