Clogh Oughter CastleThe round 13th century tower stands on its own on a small island in Lough Oughter. You see it from the shore or you go by boat.
Walk
Killeshandra Lake and Forest Walk
Killeshandra, County Cavan
Six kilometres of waymarked loop by the forest and the lake shore, starting from the picnic areas on the Cavan and Belturbet roads out of Killeshandra.
- Where
- Killeshandra, County Cavan
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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Clogh Oughter CastleThe round 13th century tower stands on its own on a small island in Lough Oughter. You see it from the shore or you go by boat.
Killykeen Forest ParkForest across the wooded islands and inlets of Lough Oughter, with a nature trail and paths along the water.
Lough OughterSmall lakes and drumlin islands run into each other on this stretch of the Erne, fished and boated all summer.
Drumlane Abbey and Round TowerThe round tower stump is over eleven metres high, with the ruined church beside it, on the lakeshore at Milltown south of Belturbet.
Kilmore CathedralThe Church of Ireland cathedral west of the town, completed in 1860, with a 12th century Romanesque doorway reset into it.
Castle Saunderson DemesneThe old Saunderson estate on the Fermanagh border near Belturbet, now a scout centre, with a short signed trail through the grounds.More in Cavan
Cavan Burren ParkPrehistoric site · BlacklionLimestone upland under Cuilcagh with tombs, old walls and glacial boulders on it, laid out on four trails from the visitor centre.
The Shannon PotRiver · GlangevlinA pool on the side of Cuilcagh is taken as the source of the Shannon, with a short marked trail around it.
Dún a Rí Forest ParkForest · KingscourtMixed woodland along the Cabra river outside Kingscourt, with waterfalls, a wishing well and marked trails.
Cavan County MuseumMuseum · BallyjamesduffA former convent in Ballyjamesduff holds the county museum, with a full scale First World War trench out in the grounds.- Moneygashel CashelFort · BlacklionThe drystone wall of this early medieval ringfort stands up to three metres, with stone steps built into its thickness, on high ground above Blacklion.
Cathedral of St Patrick and St FelimCathedral · CavanFinished in 1942 on Farnham Street, laid out like a basilica with a marble lined interior.
Cohaw Court TombPrehistoric site · CootehillA neolithic double court tomb with five chambers in a row, in a field on the R192, four kilometres southeast of Cootehill.
Tullydermot FallsWaterfall · SwanlinbarFalls on the Claddagh river about six kilometres southwest of Swanlinbar, inside the UNESCO geopark.