9 places to visit
Experience Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands, a beautifully unspoiled part of Ireland where life moves at its own pace. From the Iron Age bogland road at Corlea to the homestead of a 1916 hero, this area’s historic sites encapsulate the depth and variety of our nation’s past.
Annes Grove Gardens
A horticultural paradise in north Cork
Boyle Abbey
Step back into Ireland’s monastic past
Clonmacnoise
A spectacular monastery on the banks of the river Shannon
Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre
A pathway into the past
Doneraile Estate
North Cork’s ‘real-life Downton Abbey’
Parke’s Castle
Walk in the footsteps of planters and Gaels
Portumna Castle and Gardens
Seventeenth-century splendour on the shores of Lough Derg
Rathcroghan
Follow in the footsteps of Queen Medb at Connacht’s ancient capital
Seán Mac Diarmada Cottage
One of the cradles of the Rising