Ballaghadereen Museum

Info Telefon: +353 (0) 907 60130/60662

Boyle Abbey

Fax.: +353 71 9664817

Info Telefon: +353 71 9662604
Besucher-Email: boyleabbey@opw.ie

Easter-End October Daily 10.00-18.00
Last admission 45 mins. before closing.
Leaflets / Guide Booklet : English, Irish

An impressive and well preserved Cistercian Monastery which was founded in the 12th century under the patronage of the local ruling family, the MacDermotts. Though mutilated during the 17th and 18th centuries when it was used to accommodate a military garrison.
A restored gatehouse of 16th/17th century houses an exhibition.

 

Clay Pipe Visitor Centre

Info Telefon: +353 (0) 903 C 61923

Derryglad Folk Museum

Info Telefon: +353 (0) 902 88192

Douglas Hyde Centre

Info Telefon: +353 (0) 907 70016

Famine Museum

Info Telefon: +353 (0) 78 33013

Hells Kitchen Railway Museum

Info Telefon: +353 (0) 907 20181

King House Interpretive Galleries and Museum

Martin Dunne
Fax.: +353 71 9663243

Info Telefon: +353 71 9663242
Besucher-Email: kinghouse@roscommoncoco.ie
http://www.roscommoncoco.ie/kinghouse.ht...

1st April to 30th September: 10.00-18.00 daily
Last admission 17.00; Other times on request
Visitor guides available in French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Web Site:

Exhibition of Contemporary Irish Art.

Picture: A figure of Sir Henry King.
 

Mill Cottage

Info Telefon: +353 (0) 78 35695

Strokestown Park House Garden and Famine Museum

John O'Driscoll
Fax.: +353 71 9633712

Info Telefon: +353 71 9633013
Besucher-Email: info@strokestownpark.ie
http://www.strokestownpark.ie...

16 March - 31 October: daily 11.00-17.30

Strokestown Park House is an 18th century mansion which has been faithully restored. It is unique in that it retains its original furnishings and professionally guided tours allow visitors to browse freely through the stately surroundings.

The 4 acre 18th century walled pleasure garden has been fully restored to its' original splendour.It's piece de resistance is its' herbaceous border which is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest herbaceous border in Britain & Ireland.

The Famine Museum uses a combination of original documents and images from the Strokestown Park collection to explain the circumstances of the Great Irish Famine of the 1840's. This collection boasts an extensive range of papers including actual letters written by the tenants on the Strokestown Estate at the time of the famine.

Picture: Entrance to the restaurant.