GraiguenamanaghDuiske Abbey and a seven arch stone bridge are what the town is built around, under Brandon Hill on the Barrow.
Monastic site
St Mullins
St Mullins, County Carlow
The 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.
- Where
- St Mullins, County Carlow
- Address
- Saint Mullins Village
- Official site
- heritageireland.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
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GraiguenamanaghDuiske Abbey and a seven arch stone bridge are what the town is built around, under Brandon Hill on the Barrow.
Brandon HillThe highest hill in the county at 515m. It goes straight up behind Graiguenamanagh and a marked path takes you to the cairn on top.
Woodstock Gardens and ArboretumThe Victorian estate garden sits on the hill above Inistioge, with a monkey puzzle avenue, a noble fir walk and a walled garden.
Dunbrody Famine ShipThe full size replica of an 1840s emigrant ship is tied up on the quay in New Ross and open below decks.
Borris HouseSeat of the MacMurrough Kavanaghs, a Tudor revival house above Borris village with a sixteen arch railway viaduct in the view.
Kilfane Glen and WaterfallThe wooded ravine near Thomastown was laid out in the 1790s, with a thatched cottage orné beside a made waterfall. It is closed for 2026 and opens again for July and August 2027.More in Carlow
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.
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.
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.
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.
South Leinster WayWalk · Borris104km of waymarked route from Kildavin through Borris, over the Barrow into Kilkenny and on to Carrick-on-Suir in Tipperary.