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Things to do in Carlow town
County Carlow
The county town is where the Burrin runs into the Barrow, with an 1830s cathedral and the courthouse up on Dublin Street.
Six of the twenty places on our County Carlow list are in or near Carlow town: Brownshill Portal Dolmen, Duckett's Grove, Carlow Castle, VISUAL Carlow, Delta Sensory Gardens and Clogrennane Wood. That is a prehistoric site, a house and garden, a castle, a museum, a garden and a forest between them. Below you will find eight more places from Fáilte Ireland's listings and two events coming up.
On our Carlow list
6 places in and around Carlow town.
Brownshill Portal DolmenPrehistoric site · Carlow townThe granite capstone here weighs over a hundred tonnes, and it has been in this field 3km east of Carlow town since the neolithic.
Duckett's GroveHouse and gardens · Carlow townA Gothic revival mansion near Killerig burned out and was left standing. The turrets are up, with two walled gardens beside it.
Carlow CastleCastle · Carlow townTwo towers and the wall between them are all that is left of the 13th century Norman castle on the Barrow in Carlow town.- VISUAL CarlowMuseum · Carlow townFour galleries and a theatre in one concrete and glass building on the Old Dublin Road, showing contemporary work.
- Delta Sensory GardensGarden · Carlow townSixteen linked gardens on a site off Strawhall, planted for touch and scent and sound as much as for looking at.
- Clogrennane WoodForest · Carlow townMixed woodland on the Barrow south of Carlow town, with a signed loop through the beech and oak.
More to see in Carlow town
From Fáilte Ireland’s own listings.
- Carlow CathedralAbbey or church · Carlow TownLocated adjacent to St Patrick’s College in Carlow Town, this early 19th-century cathedral was the first to be built after Catholic emancipation.
- Oak Park Forest ParkForest park · CarlowThe park is a mature, mixed-species woodland of about 50 hectares, with a predominance of beech, oak, Scots pine, silver fir, larch and sycamore.
- Carlow County MuseumMuseum · Co. CarlowCarlow County Museum is a valuable historical resource and popular tourist attraction in Carlow Town centre.
- County Carlow Military MuseumMuseum · Co. CarlowThe County Carlow Military Museum is housed in a late 19th century Church in Carlow Town.
- Croppies GraveAttraction · Co. CarlowCroppies Grave is a monument, in Carlow Town, to the 640 slaughtered Carlow insurgents killed in the disastrous rising of the United Irishmen in 1798.
- Liberty TreeAttraction · Co. CarlowThe Liberty Tree, in Carlow Town, is a sculpture designed by John Behan commemorating the 1798 rebellion.
- Saint Marys Church Of IrelandAbbey or church · Co. CarlowBuilt in 1727, St Mary’s Church of Ireland is one of the gems of Carlow Town.
- St. Patrick's Trail - Driving RouteCo. Carlow
What’s on in Carlow town
Tomorrow, Sunday 8th November
More from the Carlow list
Altamont GardensGarden · TullowForty acres of garden and a lake south of Tullow, run by the OPW, with a walk through the Ice Age Glen that takes you down to the Slaney.
Huntington CastleCastle · ClonegalThe same family have lived in this 1625 tower house at Clonegal since it went up, and there is a yew walk through the garden.
St MullinsMonastic site · Co. CarlowThe high ground above the Barrow holds an early monastic site, with the stump of a round tower, church ruins and a Norman motte in the same ground.
Borris HouseHouse and gardens · BorrisSeat of the MacMurrough Kavanaghs, a Tudor revival house above Borris village with a sixteen arch railway viaduct in the view.
Black Castle, LeighlinbridgeCastle · LeighlinbridgeThe tower and a length of bawn wall stand on the Barrow bank, beside a stone road bridge that dates to 1320.
Ballyloughan CastleCastle · BagenalstownFarmland east of Bagenalstown holds a 13th century gatehouse and hall, with a round tower on either side of the entrance.