Tourist Attractions & Monuments Ireland

Massive castle built in the th century and then destroyed in the th by SPL to build a larger and higher. Because of its 15 metres high, the view over the surrounding landscape and the Feale River is worth climbing.

Ruins of a Cistercian abbey founded in 1154 by monks of Mellifont Abbey (Mellifont Abbey being the first Cistercian abbey to be founded in Ireland in the County of Louth).

Natural reserve, north of Wexford, where some 190 species of birds can be admired, including migrants between October and April. Also an audiovisual exhibition in the visitor center.

Offered to the city of Wexford by the American government, this statue, located in front of the tourist office, was erected in honour of John Barry (1745-1803), the great figure of the American Navy. Born in Wexford, he emigrated to the United States where he became a hero of the American navy during the war of independence.

This church of the th century would have been built on a church site founded by Saint Patrick.

It was the origin of an arena for the bulls'races in medieval times. There is now a Lone Pikeman statue commemorating the rebels of 1798. Today, Bull Ring welcomes the weekly market in Wexford (every Friday from 9 am to 17 pm).

On the heights of New Ross, the ruins of a beautiful Anglican-style Anglican church built between 1210 and 1220, under the reign of Guillaume le Maréchal. One of the oldest and largest medieval churches in Ireland.

There is a port, but it is a rectangular rectangle where there are frail boats, and then, along the pier, Slade Castle (castle of the th and th centuries) has a frôlée tower with gulls.

Tea-room on site. The path slowly slides like to open on a valley. But the descent is lined with a long green carpet, where hundreds of sheep graze and bleat. In the distance, surrounded by a rempart of trees, the lavishly austère ruins of Tintern Abbey, Cistercian Abbey founded around 1200 and christened the name of the Town of Tintern in Wales, are profile. Open-sky arcade, ringed flower of iron, gouffre gouffre of the nave, tower that makes its arm mutilated towards the sky…

A beautiful black and white lighthouse, Europe's oldest lighthouse still in operation (the structure dates back to the th century).

Fort built in 1588, pending an attack by the Spanish. Some changes were made over the centuries.

Cistercian monastery founded in 1210, one of the largest in Ireland. The central tower and adjacent buildings were added in the th century. Next to the abbey is the castle of Dunbrody and its labyrinth (adult 4 €, child 2 €).

Grand Tower of the th century overlooking the village. It was thought to be built by the knights of the order of the Hospital of Saint John, founded in Jerusalem before the first crusade.

The Victorian architecture of the Sligo courthouse, built in 1878, is quite unusual for Ireland. It is described as the most impressive Victorian style building outside Dublin. The neo-Gothic façade was built on the model of the London Court of Justice.

Founded by Franciscan monks in 1240, this church took the nickname "French Church" when it served as a place of worship for Huguenot refugees between 1693 and 1815.

On the N 15 north of Cliffony. Bus Eireann will table you not far from the site. At the edge of the Yeats country (unfortunately, a little along the road), the court cairn in Creevikee (3000 BC) is undoubtedly one of the most impressive - and best preserved - of northern Ireland. The court, with ritual function, traces a broad circle surrounded by stones. The entrance of the house of burial is preceded by a porte door, leading to a corridor that leads to the bedroom itself, marked by two megaliths. Behind this main chamber, two other couloir are arranged, back-to-back, proof of the practice of communal burial. A wonder!

Yeats fans can go to Lissadel House where the poet stayed several times to write. As you can see from the park's view, now a natural reserve of birds! The building, however, is not a success. Heavy construction of 1830, she turned to the blockhouse. The owner Constance Zou-Booth, who became Countess Markievicz, played an important role in the 1916 uprising and was the first woman elected to the British House of Commons. A fate of rebel…

Award-winning museum where the story of Knock was presented in the context of life in Ireland in 1879. To know everything about the appearance of the Virgin Mary, as well as a panorama of rural Ireland.

This is the exact place where the Virgin Mary was born on the afternoon of August 21, 1879 with Saint Joseph and Saint John the evangelist.

This abbey was founded in the th century by King Cathal O'Conor. It is the only abbey in Ireland founded by a king and is still active.

In the very advanced ruins of the abbey and in the middle of the graves, two altars still carry enigmatic sculptures. On the first, one can see a pietà surrounded by a woman (Marie-Madeleine?) and a man raising the forearm, palms facing us (receiving or showing the stigma).

On the other altar, a series of characters, on the left, perhaps three Christ King. One of them, the open cape on the wound of the right flank (or the Three Mages and Christ King). .

Along the Lough Conn, in a picturesque landscape, you will find the ruins of this Augustinian abbey built in the twelfth century on the site of a church of the century.

9 km from Ballina, on the road to Killala. If the quest for the ruins comes to an obsession, the abbey of Moyne is open to you. To access it, it is necessary to cross the courtyard of a farm and then a field. After a slalom between the cows, we admire the situation at the seaside of this important abbey of the th century, built by the Franciscan with a gray and austere stone…

6,5 km from Ballina, on the road to Killala. On the edge of the Killala Bay estuary, the beautiful subtropical ruins of this th century Franciscan monastery have a few curiosities. In addition to its perfect conservation, the stylish porch is an elegant design. Inside the church, we will notice two angels to the instruments of Passion and a curious monk angel that seems to ring a bell, pulling on a rope that is no other than the tip of a arcade.

One of the largest and ancient mills in the country. Guided tour, on request, lasts almost an hour and provides the opportunity to see one of Ireland's largest hydraulic wheels in action.

75 minutes cruise in Donegal Bay, to discover islands, historic sites and seal colonies.

Located in the former railway station, this museum traces the history of the county of Donegal, and more specifically the railway line linking Derry to Ballyshannon, closed in 1959.

On the Bords River, overlooking Donegal Bay, ruins of a Franciscan abbey erected in 1474.

Revival of a rural village of the nineteenth century, animated by many attractions that delight both small and large. In the picturesque village of Riverstown, this park highlights the rural lifestyle and Irish heritage in the late 1800 s.

Ideal with children: zoo and demonstration of eagles.

Babushkas, the three round and sensual towers of the castle of the th century are désespérément a visitor…