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1. Gardens |
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AltamontCo. CarlowParts of Altamont date back to the 1500's when nuns were reputed to live here. A new road was made in about 1720 from Carrickslaney to Kilbride when the then owners of Altamont, the St. George family, were obliged to turn the house back to front. They made new back and front avenues with the handsome granite entrance gates and planted the beech trees to line the avenue and the old Nun's Walk. They also built the bow fronted Georgian dining room and hall porch with its decorative fan light typical of that era. Later additions were built on in the 19th Century and the lake was dug to give employment during the famine. The Broad Walk and terraces leading down to the lake were laid out in about 1850 and many beds and pools and pergolas added; with urns and statuary in appropriate places around the lakes. Walks were made through the ancient oak woods of the ice age glen down to the River Slaney and along its bank. A flight of 100 granite stone steps (again hand-cut during the famine) lead up from the river, to where the present path winds back through the woods, which are carpeted with bluebells and ferns and wild daffodils. Residential Garden courses, telephone for information. | |
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2. Rivers |
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Barrow RiverCo. CarlowThe Barrow River and it's tributaries offer some game angling waters but it is more as a coarse angling river that it is best known. Carlow Town, Bagenalstown and Graiguenamanagh are the major centres. | |
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3. Sightseeing Tours |
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Clonmore Heritage TourEddie McDonald , Co. CarlowFeatures visits to the site of a monastic settlement established here in the 6th century by St. Mogue; a moat dating from the Norman period and the ruins of a 13th century castle fortress. | |
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4. Open Farms |
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Lalor's FarmPat/Magaret Lalor , Co. CarlowWinner of the Quality Milk Award and Farm Family of the Year Award. This 40 hectare is located on the lands of Ballykealey House, designed by Cobden. | |
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5. Parks |
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Altamount GardensCo. CarlowDelightful formal and informal gardens at Altamount House which dates to the late 17th Century. The gardens convey a sense of tranquility and timeless beauty both visually and with a rapture of scents. Tender lawns reach to the large, manmade lake whose perimeter walk provides ever changing vistas with rare trees, shrubs and bountiful wild life. A large wild garden with many rare shrubs lead to a dramatic ice-age glen overlooking the River Slaney walk. Facilities: Weekend gardening courses. Homemade teas on Sundays | |
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6. Walks |
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The South Leinster WayTourist Information Office, Presentation Buildings, Tullow Street, Co. CarlowThis varied trail leads the walker between some very fine lofty summits in County Carlow, and along forest tracks over the northern slopes of Mount Leinster. The trail then drops down into the neat little town of Borris and from there, follows a towpath along the River Barrow where life sometimes seems to stand still in old world solitude. Graiguenamanagh (the outfarm of the monks) soon comes into view, with its graceful 18th century bridge and medieval Abbey Church. Far above the town, Brandon Hill beckons, and then the Nore Valley at Inistioge, an ancient place with a fine bridge and medieval church. The final section to Carrick-on-Suir crosses wide, lonely uplands, with horizons stretching to Waterford and Tipperary. | |
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7. Bird Watching |
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The Barrow TrackCo. CarlowThe Barrow Track is popular with botanists, ecologists and ornithologists. Greenfinch, Yellowhammers, Pied Wagtails, Minks, Otters or Wild Irish Hares, just some of the Wildlife spotted from the Barrow Towpath. | |
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