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Birr Castle Demesne

Ireland's Historic Science Centre
Birr,
Co. Offaly,
Ireland
Tel. +353 57 91 20336.
Fax. +353 57 91 21583.
Email: mail@birrcastle.com
Web: www.birrcastle.com

Ireland's new Historic Science Centre features the many pioneering achievements of the Parsons family and of other great Irish scientists in the fields of astronomy, photography, engineering and horticulture. In the grounds, the Great Telescope built by the third Earl of Rosse in the 1840's; this was the largest in the world for 70 years. Birr Castle Demesne also host the most amazing Gardens in the country with Formal Garden and River Garden recently restored, parkland with thousands of rare trees and plants collected all over the world, rivers, lake and waterfalls. The neogothic Castle is the private family home of the Parsons family.

Clonfert

Once a famous centre of learning, the Clonfert monastery was founded by Brendan the Navigator in 563 AD.
Subsequently a Cathedral was built in 1200 AD whose beautiful round arched west doorway is an exceptional relic of Irish Romanesque architecture.

Lough Boora Parklands

Boora,
West Offaly,
Ireland
Tel: 057 93 45886
Link to Website

Bog Tours

Clonmacnoise & West Offaly railway gives you a unique opportunity to enjoy a guided 5.5 miles cirular tour in a comfortable train coach which will give you an insight into raised bog of major importance - the Blackwater Bog in Co. Offaly.

Operating Season
Daily from April to early October - on the hour every hour
10a.m. to 5p.m. inclusive
Group bookings all year round.
Starting Point
Bord na Mona, Blackwater, (near Shannonbridge)
Tel : +353 905 74114

Bus & Boot Tours

Journey through the peatlands, the plains, the eskers, the brosna and Shannon Callows,the mountains with their flora and fauna.
Experience the heritage and architecture of the area.
Contact: Michael Dooley
Lumcloon,
Cloghan,
Co,Offaly.
Tel: 086 8223565 Bus Tours
Walking
Lectures
Slide Shows

Clonmacnoise

The ancient monastic site of Clonamcnoise is one of Eurpoe's most highly regarded sites of its kind.
It was founded in 545 AD by St. Ciaran. The monastic runis are the most extensive of their kind in Ireland consisting of a catherdral, 8 churches, 2 round towers &3 high crosses.
there are also the remains of a 12th century castle.

The site is interpreted through a modern visitors centre managed by Duchas.
Tel: 0905 74195