Portumna Castle and GardensThe seventeenth century semi fortified house stands beside Lough Derg, with a walled kitchen garden behind it.
Monastic site
Lorrha Monastic Village
Lorrha, County Tipperary
Three church sites inside one small north Tipperary village, a Dominican priory and a ruined Augustinian abbey among them.
Lorrha Monastic Village offers a journey back in time.
- Where
- Lorrha, County Tipperary
- Official site
- discoverloughderg.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
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Portumna Castle and GardensThe seventeenth century semi fortified house stands beside Lough Derg, with a walled kitchen garden behind it.
Birr Castle DemesneFifty hectares of gardens around the castle, and the nineteenth century Leviathan telescope still standing in its walls.
BanagherThe Shannon town has a marina and a harbour, and a fortified battery guarding the old bridge crossing.
BirrWide Georgian streets laid out around the castle gates, with a lot of the original shopfronts kept.
Shannon HarbourShannon Harbour is where the Grand Canal meets the Shannon, built around a set of locks and the old canal buildings.
Lough DergThe largest lake on the Shannon. The Tipperary shore runs south from Terryglass to Ballina, across the bridge from Killaloe.More in Tipperary
Rock of CashelMonastic site · CashelA limestone outcrop above the town carries a round tower, a Romanesque chapel and a roofless Gothic cathedral.
Cahir CastleCastle · CahirCahir Castle sits on a rock island in the Suir, keep and walls and towers all still standing.
Swiss CottageHouse and gardens · CahirBuilt for the Butler family as a thatched cottage orne, in woodland by the Suir a short walk outside Cahir.
Hore AbbeyAbbey · CashelCistercian ruins in a field directly below the Rock of Cashel, close enough to walk to from the town.
Holycross AbbeyAbbey · ThurlesThe Cistercian abbey on the Suir near Thurles was re-roofed in the 1970s and is back in use as a parish church.
Mitchelstown CaveCave · CahirThe cave runs under the Galtee foothills at Burncourt, walked on a guided route through three large chambers.
Glen of AherlowWalk · Tipperary TownAherlow runs between the Galtees and the Slievenamuck ridge, with a nature park and trails at Newtown.
Galtee MountainsMountain · CahirA sandstone range on the Limerick border, with Galtymore the high point at 917 metres.