Village
Mullan Village
Emyvale, County Monaghan
The village near Emyvale was built for the workers of a flax mill, and a shoe factory has worked out of the old mill since the 1920s.
- Where
- Emyvale, County Monaghan
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Errigal Truagh Old Church and GraveyardA roofless medieval church and its graveyard sit north of Emyvale, beside the modern parish church.
Grant Ancestral HomesteadThe whitewashed farmhouse at Dergenagh is where John Simpson, great-grandfather of US President Ulysses S Grant, was born before he emigrated in 1760.
Benburb CastleSir Richard Wingfield built the bawn around 1615 on a cliff edge above the River Blackwater, in what are now the grounds of the Servite Priory at Benburb.
Knockatallon Looped WalksLooped walks on the Sliabh Beagh slopes at Knockatallon, passing the penal era mass rock at Poll an Altair.
Monaghan County MuseumThe county museum moved into the new Peace Campus on Plantation Road in 2024, and the Cross of Clogher is in its collection.More in Monaghan
Rossmore Forest ParkForest · MonaghanRossmore's old estate outside the town has colour coded trails, a lake and a family cycle route through it.
Clones Round Tower and High CrossMonastic site · ClonesSeventy-five feet of round tower and a carved ninth century cross stand in the centre of Clones, off the monastery St Tiernach founded.
Patrick Kavanagh CentreMuseum · InniskeenThe centre is in the old Inniskeen church in Patrick Kavanagh's home parish, on his life and the townlands he wrote about.
Lough Muckno Leisure ParkPark · CastleblayneyThe Blayney and Hope families, the landlords of Castleblayney, once held this estate on the shore of Lough Muckno. It is public parkland now, with forest and lakeside trails.
Dartrey ForestForest · RockcorryDawson's old estate between Cootehill and Rockcorry has lakes linked by the Dromore river and a famine wall along the road.
Inniskeen Round TowerMonastic site · InniskeenTwelve metres of round tower stump in the village graveyard is all that is left of St Daig's monastery.
Carrickmacross WorkhouseMuseum · CarrickmacrossWhat survives of the famine era workhouse on the edge of town was restored and is open to visitors.
Carrickmacross Lace GalleryMuseum · CarrickmacrossThe appliqué lace has been made in this town since the 1820s, and the gallery is a working one.