Places to Visit

Ireland’s award winning gardens, set in one of Ireland’s beautiful Georgian heritage towns, Birr Castle Demesne offers a combination of fun, relaxation and discovery to all who visit. Best known for the unparalleled beauty of the gardens, the grounds are home to an impressive plant collection with rare species from around the world, including over forty champion trees of the British Isles.

This delightful little studio within a courtyard garden, is on Brendan St. Birr. The downstairs gallery and upstairs studio spaces are adaptable for art exhibitions (paintings, photography, sculptures etc.) as well as film screenings, residencies, art tutorials and group meetings. Run by Rosalind Fanning, Tin Jug Studio and has regular art classes for children and adults, 'Chocolate Saturdays' and other creative workshops. Open during Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival and Hullabaloo Children's Arts Festival it is open at other times by appointment, to view artworks and artists portfolios.

The Parklands have 3 main walking routes. The Farmland Walk, The Mesolithic Walk and The Sculpture Walk. They are all flat and easy walks and they vary in length. There are five angling lakes, four for coarse angling and one “Loch Clochan” for game angling. Loch an Dochas and Finnamores Lakes have “access for all” facilities for angling

The Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre is located in the original 1897 bonded warehouse. Start your tour with an audio - visual presentation, ( different languages available ). Wander through the re - created working stations of the old distillery, such as the malting, boiling or cooperage areas. Throughout the tour, opportunities are there to interact with the artefacts.

Charleville is Ireland's finest gothic revival castle. It is considered to be Francis Johnston's masterpiece, he also designed the G.P.O in Dublin. The castle was built between 1798 and 1810. The massive dining room was designed by Sir William Morris.