7 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.
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Boyle Abbey
Step back into Ireland’s monastic past
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Limited Access
Clonmacnoise
A spectacular monastery on the banks of the river Shannon
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Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre
A pathway into the past
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Limited Access
Parke’s Castle
Walk in the footsteps of planters and Gaels
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Limited Access
Portumna Castle and Gardens
Seventeenth-century splendour on the shores of Lough Derg
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Rathcroghan
Follow in the footsteps of Queen Medb at Connacht’s ancient capital
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Site Closed
Seán Mac Diarmada Cottage
One of the cradles of the Rising
