All Heritage Sites

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...

Dating from 1798, this is one of the finest examples of the great Gothic house in Ireland. The entire structure stands in its original form, having never been altered externally. Read more...

The Heritage Centre invites you to turn the key to the rich heritage of Cashel, one of Ireland’s most significant Ecclesiastical Centres dating to before Saint Patrick. It provides the visitor with a series of changing exhibitions, a large scale model of Cashel in the 1640’s, highlighting the lesser known treasures of the town. Read more...

Dysert O’Dea Castle and Archaeological Centre in Corofin is known for its wealth of historical and archaeological remains. Built in 1480 the castle is now an archaeological centre with more than twenty five archaeological and historical sites. Notable aspects are the 15th century Dysert O’Dea Castle itself, two stone forts used during battles between local noblemen in the 16th century Read more...