Lough Muckno Leisure ParkThe 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.
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Monaghan, County Monaghan
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Lough Muckno Leisure ParkThe 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.
Ballykeel DolmenA portal tomb at the western foot of Slieve Gullion, its granite capstone balanced on three stones at the end of a long cairn.
Gosford Forest ParkThe old demesne of the Earls of Gosford outside Markethill, now a forest park of woodland and parkland around the castle, with an arboretum and a walled garden.
Camlough LakeA glacial ribbon lake in the valley between Slieve Gullion and Camlough Mountain, and the largest lake in the Ring of Gullion.
St Peter's Tin Church, LaraghCorrugated iron, at Laragh, and one of the few prefabricated tin churches left standing in the country.
Slieve GullionThe highest point in the county, with a forest drive up its side and a passage tomb on the summit, at the centre of the Ring of Gullion.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.
Monaghan County MuseumMuseum · MonaghanThe county museum moved into the new Peace Campus on Plantation Road in 2024, and the Cross of Clogher is in its collection.
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.
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.