Tourist Attractions & Monuments Ireland

Excellent contemporary painting gallery. The selection of the discerning and demanding artists promises real aesthetic discoveries, and the amateurs will not miss this appointment during their visit to Glengarriff.

Museum on the history of daily life from 1850 to 1950.

Short and pleasant walk of just 2 km, in the woods along the Blackwater River, which offers beautiful views of Lismore Castle. For the little story, Lady Louisa was the daughter of the seventh duke of Devonshire, ancestor of the current Lismore Castle owner.

Opened in 1984, this museum contains artifacts related to the past life of Tipperary County. Several rooms and themes, including rebuilding scenes of villages from the th to the th centuries. For lovers of Irish history.

Without doubt, it is a small wonder; considered the oldest Romanesque church in Ireland still standing (1127-1134), built by Cormac maccarthy, prince bishop of Cashel. The chapel of the chapel is populated with heads and mouth of animals, in a style extremely close to that of Dysert O 'Dea Castle, in the county of Clare (the same artists have worked there?).

The frescoes over 800 years old in the choir, the oldest of its kind in Ireland, are the subject of careful restoration work. You will certainly distinguish some remains of colors, very expensive at the time, including the clear blue that comes from Venice. The pillars are composed of geometrical patterns entirely typical of the Irish Romanesque and without a really apparent order: lodges, stars, broken lines… Facing the choir, a magnificent sculpted tomb may be the tomb of Cormac himself. Take a closer look: delicate ornaments representing interlaced animals and snakes would be Viking style.

In 1467, Sean McNamara built the castle of Knappogue which was going to become, in 1571, the seat of the clan clan, counts of West Clancullen. Donagh McNamara was one of the instigators of the 1641 rebellion, and the castle was occupied by Cromwell troops. He was then given to Arthur Smith before returning to the McNamara later. They joined the Scott in 1800. Before handing over the castle to Lord Dunboyne in 1855, Scott had carried out extensive restoration work. Fortunately, matrimonial ties bind the Dunboyne to O'Brien, Rois kings, and to McNamara, counts of Clancullen. Lord Dunboyne rajouta in the building of many parties, including the inner courtyard, the belfry and the gardens surrounded by stone walls.

Along a river, the mass ruins of the Franciscan monastery of Quin are well preserved, including the square tower. If one considers the important area of the church and the thickness of its walls, this abbey appears to have more served as a fortress than a place of worship: It was built on the foundations of a strong castle at the beginning of the th century. Despite many centuries of persecution, monks lived here until the 1820 th century, the last of them, Father Hogan, was buried in.

This fort of three loudspeakers, probably shaped in the iron age and occupied until the th century, stands on the edge of a cliff.

It was in Dysart O'Dea that Saint Behind founded a monastic site in the th century. The church and the cross that can be seen nowadays, however, date back to the th or th centuries. Dysert O'Dea was also the site of a major battle in 1318 when O'Brien, Rois kings, took Over Clare de Bunratty, thus preventing the Conquest of Clare by Anglo-Norman.

In the field - which multiply multiply - stands the sobre cross of Dysart O'Dea. On the main face, a bishop holding his lacrosse is surmounted by a very special crucifixion: the face of Christ is perfectly circular, without any representation of hair; it is also dressed with a kind of long tunic tunicate from size; arms cross a straight line on the cross bar of the cross. On the other side, a series of geometric motifs and web, of which, at the bottom, some sort of variation on the relatively common diamond figure. The entire presence of the Church is concentrated in the portal, with the upper bow curved according to a @ face alignment. Beside the ruins of a large round tower.

Very beautiful aquarium with all the species on the peninsula. His strong point: the presence of the largest shark bank in Ireland!

Ferries to cruise or single crossed to explore the coast and the islands of the peninsula. You can spend the day on Blasket Island.

The history of the city and its links with famous men (writers, politicians, etc.) as well as an exhibition on the lace industry introduced to Kenmare by the Church in the th century.

This house is the family of Daniel O'Connell, the liberator (he created in 1823 the Catholic association whose goal was to give equal political rights to Catholics). The visit of the site will be more emotional than historic, with disappointment. We will read a few pages of Irish history before going there. The house presents some souvenirs of the liberator, portraits of the family, some canvases, etc.

A beautiful residence of the th century neo-Gothic Gothic. It was recently transformed into a luxury hotel with a golf course, where the former Franciscan abbey in Adare is Found.

Alignment of six Georgian houses built around 1830 by Pery Square Tontine, adjacent to the park, which is worth looking at as the most refined ensemble of the time in Ireland.