Shannon HarbourShannon Harbour is where the Grand Canal meets the Shannon, built around a set of locks and the old canal buildings.
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Banagher
Banagher, County Offaly
The Shannon town has a marina and a harbour, and a fortified battery guarding the old bridge crossing.
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- Banagher, County Offaly
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Shannon HarbourShannon Harbour is where the Grand Canal meets the Shannon, built around a set of locks and the old canal buildings.
BirrWide Georgian streets laid out around the castle gates, with a lot of the original shopfronts kept.
Birr Castle DemesneFifty hectares of gardens around the castle, and the nineteenth century Leviathan telescope still standing in its walls.
Lorrha Monastic VillageThree church sites inside one small north Tipperary village, a Dominican priory and a ruined Augustinian abbey among them.
ClonmacnoiseA monastery on a bend of the Shannon, with two round towers, several churches and a field of carved slabs.
ShannonbridgeSixteen arches of stone bridge over the Shannon, with a Napoleonic era fort at the west end of it.More in Offaly
Slieve Bloom MountainsMountain · KinnittyThe range sits low and forested on the Laois border, crossed by one long waymarked route with shorter loops signed off it.
Lough Boora Discovery ParkPark · KilcormacA worked out bog was turned into a park, and it now has lakes, cycle paths and large outdoor sculptures left out in it.
Charleville CastleCastle · TullamoreA Gothic revival castle stands in oak woodland on the edge of Tullamore, open for guided tours.
Tullamore D.E.W. DistilleryDistillery or brewery · TullamoreThe working distillery at Clonminch on the edge of Tullamore runs a long tour through the still house and the cask warehouse, for over 18s.
Clara Bog Nature ReserveBog · ClaraOne of the last raised bogs left in western Europe, crossed by a boardwalk, with the visitor centre in the town.
Croghan HillViewpoint · RhodeA volcanic plug stands on its own out of the Bog of Allen, with a burial mound on the top.
Grand Canal GreenwayGreenway · TullamoreThe canal towpath runs the whole width of the county and is flat the whole way, so you can take it in sections.
Durrow High Cross and ChurchMonastic site · TullamoreThe tenth century high cross and early grave slabs sit at the old Durrow monastery north of Tullamore.