Rathcline CastleA medieval tower house with a 17th century manor built onto it and a bawn wall with corner towers, ruined after the wars of the 1600s. It stands on private land south of Lanesborough, so you view it from the road.
Museum
Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre
Kenagh, County Longford
An oak road was laid across the bog here in 148 BC. Eighteen metres of it are kept indoors at the centre in Kenagh.
See an ancient Iron Age trackway, or togher, at Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre in County Longford.
- Where
- Kenagh, County Longford
- Official site
- heritageireland.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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Rathcline CastleA medieval tower house with a 17th century manor built onto it and a bawn wall with corner towers, ruined after the wars of the 1600s. It stands on private land south of Lanesborough, so you view it from the road.
Abbeyshrule Cistercian AbbeyCistercians founded this abbey in 1150. What is left is roofless, with a graveyard, a high cross shaft and a four storey tower house thirty metres off.
St Mel's CathedralThis 19th century cathedral on the main street burned on Christmas Day 2009 and reopened, rebuilt, in 2014.
Longford townLongford sits on the River Camlin, with the cathedral at one end of Main Street and a barracks site at the other.
GlassonA stone village north of Athlone with a pub and restaurant on the main street, a short walk in from the Lough Ree shore and the Glasson golf course.What’s on nearby
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