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Things to do in Boyle
County Roscommon
Boyle sits under the Curlew hills, with the abbey ruin standing at one end of the main street.
6 of the 20 places on our County Roscommon list are in Boyle: Lough Key Forest and Activity Park, Boyle Abbey, King House, The Miner's Way and Historical Trail, Derryvunny Old Woodland Trail and Boyle. Between them a park, an abbey, a museum and a walk.
On our Roscommon list
5 places in and around Boyle.
Lough Key Forest and Activity ParkPark · BoyleLough Key's forest park runs along the shore near Boyle, with a canopy walk up in the trees and wooded islands out on the water.
Boyle AbbeyAbbey · BoyleCistercians founded Boyle Abbey in 1161, and it stands roofless beside the Boyle River in the middle of the town.
King HouseMuseum · BoyleAn early 18th century mansion in the middle of Boyle, run as a museum.
The Miner's Way and Historical TrailWalk · BoyleThe loop goes through the Arigna and Curlew hills, on the paths the miners used to get to work.- Derryvunny Old Woodland TrailForest · BoyleShort trail through old oak woodland on the shore of Lough Key.
The top of the Roscommon list
- Lough Key Forest and Activity ParkPark · BoyleLough Key's forest park runs along the shore near Boyle, with a canopy walk up in the trees and wooded islands out on the water.
Strokestown Park and the National Famine MuseumHouse and gardens · StrokestownThe Georgian house and walled garden are at Strokestown, with the famine museum in the estate yards behind them.- Boyle AbbeyAbbey · BoyleCistercians founded Boyle Abbey in 1161, and it stands roofless beside the Boyle River in the middle of the town.
Roscommon CastleCastle · RoscommonA large 13th century Norman castle ruin stands in a field on the edge of the town.- Rathcroghan Visitor CentreMuseum · TulskThe centre at Tulsk makes sense of the mounds and ringforts spread through the fields all around it.
Arigna Mining ExperienceMuseum · ArignaThe coal mine in the Arigna valley closed, and the underground tour is led by men who worked in it.