Things to see and do Leinster

A wealth of information about the city and Cooley Peninsula.

Independent organization fighting for the protection of wild birds and their habitats in Ireland.

The office is well located on the quay, where the walk along the marina is pleasant, with the port on one side and the city centre on the other.

Carlow, Ireland, offers many tourist attractions for visitors. Among the must-sees are the magnificent Altamont Gardens, where visitors can wander through the arboretum, the bog garden and the Ice Age glen. Altamont Gardens are renowned for their special atmosphere and collection of magnificent plants and trees. The inspiring gardens of the Arboretum are also not to be missed. Designed by Rachel Doyle, they offer a tranquil, colorful experience with a variety of plants, shrubs and fruit trees. Visitors can also enjoy a recently renovated children's playground and a labyrinth that's popular with all. For outdoor enthusiasts, the Barrow Way walk along the River Barrow offers a great opportunity for walking and discovering local architecture. Boat enthusiasts can also enjoy boat trips on the River Barrow with An Bád Keppel or Boattrips.ie. History buffs can visit Borris Castle, a Tudor Gothic manor house that offers an insight into Irish history. The Borris Viaduct, an impressive example of 19th-century railway engineering, is also an interesting site to visit. Finally, chocolate lovers can head to the Chocolate Garden of Ireland in Tullow for a gourmet and fun experience. Carlow offers a variety of tourist attractions to suit all tastes.

It provides information on all the possibilities of visits and accommodation of the city.

Currently owned by Trinity College, this house saw Oscar Wilde born on October 16, 1854.

A former episcopal residence occupied by the Archbishop of Dublin between the th and early th centuries, the building is now occupied by a police station. The structure and door of origin have been retained.

Mellifont Abbey's old-fashioned austerity is not particularly palpable when entering the first Cistercian abbey founded in Ireland: we are so far away from the Cistercian morals of Saint Bernard and Saint Malachy - founders of the abbey - in the heart of this vallon surrounded by birds' songs, miles away from the rumors of the world.

In 1142 Saint Malachy founded Mellifont Abbey with the help of French monks sent by Saint Bernard, abbot of the Cistercian Monastery of Clairvaux. Several other Cistercian abbeys were then established in Ireland. It is difficult today to imagine the grandeur and splendor of Mellifont Abbey whose architecture inspired the continent's abbeys. There are four parts of the "washbasin" (tower of the thirteenth century where monks can toiled) and most of the capitular room whose arcades, invaded by vegetation, spread a beautiful and mysterious light green glow. In front of the washbasin, five arches of the cloistered courtyard recall the monacal demoralization. But these architectural remains cannot transcribe the influence of the monastery until the fifteenth century. The abbey was abandoned when monasteries were dissolved by Henry VIII. It was closed in 1539.

Today, the Abbey has transformed some of its rooms into guest rooms, and operates through its farm and garden (Mellifont Abbey Gardens), both of which are visited.

They offer visitors information on booking accommodation, places to eat, routes to take, local maps, guides and books, places to visit, activities to do and information on national and local events. Their telephone number is +353 1800 230 330. However, please note that timetables are subject to change.

Knowth is the site of a tomb in corridor dating from Neolithic, belonging to the spectacular archeological complex of Brú na Bóinne. Although less famous than its neighbor Newgrange, with a few scraps, the Knowth site is to be discovered absolutely. His visit promises a journey in the past, through the ancestral culture of Ireland.

The main corridor dolmen houses two burial chambers located back and after two corridors of 34 and 40 m. The main tumulus is surrounded by another 18 dolmens in the corridor, with a smaller size… Which is the most fascinating in this site, it is the continuous succession "dwellings" of the neat period olithic (from 3,000 to 2,000 BC) to the occupation of Normandy (twelfth century). Thus, from the Christian period, from the I to XII centuries, the summit of the main tumulus served as a base of habitation: houses were built there. This passage, this geologic layer giving a vertical reading of history (first burial chamber, then Christian dwelling and Norman) is not without behaving, all the more so because the graveled stones surrounding this main tumulus bear the fingerprints of these different periods: spirals, hollows, neolithic circles to the figurative attempts of fish of the Christian era… While the site of Newgrange pays tribute to the Sun, Knowth, he, with his lunar cards engraved in stone, is dedicated to the Moon.

In the Boyne Valley, Dowth is a Neolithic (5,000-year-old) Neolithic (5,000-year-old) Neolithic slope, part of the Brú na Bóinne archeological complex, which comprises three major graves: Dowth, Newgrange and Knowth. Smaller and narrower than its neighbors, Dowth's tomb reaches 90 meters in diameter. In the state of searches, public access is prohibited.

Very beautiful collection of objects related to the history of the county, particularly the drama in this city during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Audiovisual presentation.