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Dunbrody Abbey Visitor Centre
Churches And Settlements
Dunbrody Abbey in Campile County Wexford is a Cistercian Abbey founded in 1210 A.D. Families will love the full size 1500 Yew Hedge Maze, picnic area, pitch and putt course and tea rooms located at...More
Saint Aidan's Cathedral
Churches And Settlements
The town of Enniscorthy is home to St Aiden’s, a Catholic cathedral designed by English architect Augustus Welby Pugin in his signature neo-Gothic style. Though construction began in 1843, it was...More
St Aidan's Cathedral
Churches And Settlements
A monumental cathedral, the largest building in Ireland to designs prepared by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52) reputedly based on Tintern Abbey in Wales. Due to fears of potential collapse,...More
Tintern Abbey
Children and Family Attractions
The Earl of Pembroke founded Tintern Abbey just 16km south of New Ross in about 1200, when, during a treacherous journey on ship, he vowed to establish an abbey if he reached land safely. The abbey is...More
Ballybrittas Fine Portal Tomb
Churches And Settlements
The Ballybrittas Fine Portal Tomb can be found on a hill in the village of Bree, which is situated about 10km from Enniscorthy in County Wexford. The tomb has a capstone measuring 3.6 metres squared...More
McMuragh Kavanagh Abbey
Churches And Settlements
Vikings plundered the original monastery in 930. Only portions of the later McMuragh-Kavanagh Abbey, dating from 1158, now survives. Very well presented with suitable signs and interpretative...More
Duncannon Fort
Children and Family Attractions
Duncannon Fort in County Wexford dates from 1588, built to repel the Spanish Armada, and to stop the pirates plundering the merchant ships of their riches on their way up Waterford Harbour. Built on...More
Selskar Abbey
Churches And Settlements
Selskar Abbey is a 12th-century structure that replaced a pre-Christian temple dedicated to Odin. The complex, which is part of the Westgate Heritage Tower, was the location where the first...More
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