Carlow Courthouse is regarded as one of the finest courthouse buildings in Ireland. Based on the Temple of Llissus in Athens and made of Carlow...

St Patrick’s College was the first post-penal Catholic Seminary in Ireland. Opened in 1793, it claims to have been in continuous use longer than any...

St Mary’s Church is home to monuments by one of the most influential neo-classical architects in the British Isles, Sir Richard Morrison. The church was...

Carlow’s famous landmark, the Liberty Tree, commemorates the 1798 Rising of the United Irishmen. At that time 640 rebels were killed in Carlow Town and...

Carlow’s fine Gothic Cathedral was designed by Thomas Cobden, who also made the 19th-century changes to St Mary’s church nearby. The Cathedral’s most striking feature,...

Duckett’s Grove is an enormous Gothic ruin surrounded by nearly 11 acres of walled and landscaped gardens. Access to the estate is through one of...

Carlow Town was once a fortress town - an Anglo-Norman stronghold sited on a river, buttressed by Gaelic county. Carlow Castle is a relic from...

Pembroke Art Gallery showcases the work of the award-winning Irish artist, Bev Carbery, whose work can be seen in gardens and galleries throughout the world....

Croppies Grave is the last resting place of the 640 United Irishmen killed during the 1798 Rising. They were hastily buried here in quicklime after...

Carlow Town was once at the heart of brewing country, and in the 19th century there were five breweries here. Carlow Brewing Company is an...

Oak Park covers 12 acres of lakes and woodland alive with animals and plants. Forests of mature beach, oak, Scots pine, silver fir, larch and...

Leighlinbridge is a pretty and ancient riverside village on the Barrow Way. Its original Black Castle was one of Ireland’s earliest Norman castles and nearby...

Tullow is a bustling market town with many handsome granite buildings. One of them houses the town’s museum. Next to a bridge over the River...

This is one of Ireland’s smallest medieval cathedrals, but it was once one of the most important in Leinster. It’s now regarded as one of...

Lisnavagh’s recently restored Victorian gardens are set against the Gothic splendour of Lisnavagh House, built in 1847 by Daniel Robertson. He also designed the gardens,...

Shankill Castle started life as a Bulter tower house. In 1708 it was rebuilt as a castle and set into landscaped grounds. Now the castle’s...

This cottage museum in the tiny townland of Ardattin attracts visitors from all around the world and it has featured on television and radio. The...

A 400-year-old cottage beneath the foothills of Mount Leinster is the setting for this informal garden. A one-acre patchwork of six smaller gardens are stitched...

Clonmore Castle is a typical 13th-century Anglo-Norman castle - plain and square with two rectangular towers and two turrets at its corners. These fortifications were...

A hidden treasure, Myshall Memorial Church is a unique miniature of Salisbury Cathedral. A London businessman, John Duguid, built the tiny church in 1913 in...