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Altnagelvin Hospital (Heritage Trail)
Historic Buildings, Houses and Castles
Located on the Dungiven Road, this ten storey high building was the first General Hospital to be built in the UK after the Second World War. It opened in 1960 to the design of Yorke, Rosenberg and...More
Newtownstewart Castle
Historic Buildings, Houses and Castles
The power of the O’Neill chieftains in Tyrone came to an end in 1607. Defeated in battle by English forces and fearful for their future, Hugh O’Neill and his allies fled Ireland in what has become...More
Derrymore House
Historic Buildings, Houses and Castles
A National Trust Property, Derrymore House is an elegant thatched cottage that stands amid a picturesque landscape estate less than 2 miles from Newry....More
Altidore Castle
Historic Buildings, Houses and Castles
Eighteenth century castallated house now owned by Descendants of Thomas Addis Emmet. Contains Robert Emmet's college books in the Emmet Museum. The Castle was possibly designed by Edward Lovatt...More
Dublin City Hall
Historic Buildings, Houses and Castles
The Story of the Capital Exhibition in the atmospheric vaults of Dublin City Hall, is an exciting multimedia exhibition which traces the evolution of Dublin City. Treasures of the city such as the...More
Creggan Parish Church, Graveyard and Visitors Centre
Churches And Settlements
The churchyard is one of the most important and historic properties in Ulster....More
Carlow Castle
Historic Buildings, Houses and Castles
Now a ruin standing on the eastern bank of the River Barrow, Carlow Castle is thought to have been built by William de Marshal (Earl of Pembroke and Lord of Leinster between 1207 and 1213) and is...More
Glenarm Castle
Historic Buildings, Houses and Castles
Welcome to Glenarm Castle and to one of Northern Ireland’s oldest estates. Home to the McDonnell family, Earls of Antrim, since the early 17th century, Glenarm Castle is currently the home of Randal,...More
Number Eighty Two Merrion Square
Historic Buildings, Houses and Castles
Eighty Two Merrion Square, is a property of significant architectural and historical interest in Ireland. It is a former home of the writer W.B. Yeats. It has been meticulously restored to its...More
Lusk Round Tower
Churches And Settlements
Lusk Round Tower is all that remains of a monastery founded in the 9th Century by St Macculin. The attached tower house is of 16th Century origin. Located in the centre of Lusk Village. Take the 33...More
Carrigafoyle Castle
Historic Buildings, Houses and Castles
Carrigafoyle Castle, a tower house built in 1490 by Conor Liath O Connor Kerry, is located just two miles from Ballylongford. It is built of thin pieces of limestone, used almost as bricks with some...More
Killeshin Romanesque Doorway
Churches And Settlements
Killeshin derives its name from one of the abbots of its famous monastery Uisin, Gleann Uisin meaning the Glen of Uisin. Killeshin is situated 5km west of Carlow town and overlooks the picturesque...More
Swiss Cottage
Historic Buildings, Houses and Castles
This delightful "cottage orné", or ornamental cottage, was built in the early 1800s by Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall. Based on a design by the famous Regency architect, John Nash, and inspired...More
Saint Eugenes Cathedral (Heritage Trail)
Churches And Settlements
The foundation stone was laid in 1851 just after the Famine in Ireland. Designed by James Mc Carthy, it was not completed until 1873. The spire was added in 1903 and is 79 metres in height- the second...More
Kinneigh Round Tower
Churches And Settlements
In County Cork, visitors will find only two examples of round towers, one near the villages of Sleenoge and Enniskeane, adjacent to a monastery founded by St Colman. The Kinneigh Round Tower has a...More
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