All Heritage Sites

Located in the grounds of the Ballymascanlon Hotel, off the N1, outside Dundalk, this enormous Dolmen, with 40 ton (40,000kg) capstown, dates from the Neolithic period. Read more…

The National Museum of Agriculture and Rural Life is located in the former estate farmyard within the grounds of Johnstown Castle. A permanent exhibition on the Great Famine recently opened. Museum visitors can view the gardens. Admission. Read more…

Located in North Tipperary’s former county gaol/prison, displays include models of the gaol, Lough Derg and two of it’s lakeside villages Dromineer and Garrykennedy. Aspects of prision life is revealed through the condemmed cells, text and graphics and a biographical note of person’s executed. Read more…

Home of the Leslie family since 1690, Tarbert house is a Queen Anne /Georgian period building dating from 1690. It is still preserved in its original form with furniture and pictures from the same period. It is a Heritage house recognised by Irish and European authorities. Notable visitors included Benjamin Franklin who visited Sir Edward Leslie after 1776, Lord Kitchener, Read more…