All Historic Buildings

This, the newest attraction in the Irish Midlands opened in April 2000 at Mullingar just 1 hours drive from Dublin. The magnificent early 18th century stately home of Robert Rochfort, Earl of Belvedere, stands in 160 acres of parkland on the shores of Lough Ennell. A multi media experience tells the story of Rochfort’s cruel imprisonment of his second wife Read more...

Marsh’s Library Founded in 1701 and the oldest public library in Ireland with books (more than 25,000) on theology, medicine, ancient history, law, science, maps, Hebrew, Syrian, Greek, Latin, and French literature dating back to 1472. Read more...

The house was built in 1737, to a design by Richard Castle, for the Archbishop of Dublin, and contains elaborate stucco plaster-work by Robert West. The period atmostphere of the house is further accentuated by the presence of a fully restored courtyard, surrounded by: a dairy, estates worker’s house, carpenter’s shop and a blacksmith’s forge; all displaying nineteenth -century tools Read more...

An imposing building dating back to 1806. The college itself was founded in 1784 to train surgeons, today provides extensive education and training in the healthcare professions. Read more...

The fine facade of the Main Building, designed by Charles Lanyon, conceals a quiet, restful quadrangle. This was the original Queens College: the University has expanded throughout the immediate area, including all the houses on University Square, the imposing terrace to the left fo the Lanyon Builidng, the visitors Centre host exhibitions as well as selling University memorabilia. Wheelchair Acces. Read more...