A Farm Visit With Music & Picnic At the beginning of our farm adventure, everyone will make delicious Irish soda bread, using our family recipe. Next, we will make our way through the farmyard to the 200-year-old stone “session shed” for a traditional music workshop. Visitors learn to play the Irish drum (the bodhrán) to the age-old rhythms. We will Read more...
As one of the religious centres of Western Europe in the 8th & 10th century, this holy site not only housed the Book of Kells for centuries but also produced one of Ireland’s most important collection of High Crosses, some of them still standing in the shadow of the Round Tower. Read more...
It was on the Hill of Slane that St. Patrick light his Pascal fire at Easter in 433 A.D. It is here that one can see the remains of the 16th century church on the site of the ancient church founded by St. Patrick. The hill dominates the landscape standing 158 metres and has spectacular views of the country. You Read more...
Sonairte is Irelands premier environmental visitor centre. The centre contains an organic garden, riverside nature trail, renewable energy interactive park, wind, rain and solar exhibits. Sonairts is Ireland’s only ecology centre providing education for a environmentally friendly lifestyle. Read more...
This delightful garden, overlooked by the prehistoric Loughcrew Cairns, comprises water, trees and shrubs, vistas and archaeology rather than flower beds, and displays numerous extraordinary features in an historic setting. Loughcrew Historic Gardens com prise of serene pleasure gardesn of vistas and unexpected features, including a yew walk, a medieval mote and the martyr St. Oliver Plunkett’s family church. Adults: Read more...
The town of Kells (Ceanannas) is situated 60km north west (N3) of Dublin in the historic Boyne Valley. The circular monastic enclosure protected Saint Columba’s Church, the Round Tower and four of the town’s five crosses. Nearby, Saint Colmcille’s House i s strategically positioned at one of the highest points in the town. This ancient monastic town is in a Read more...
