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Places of Interest
Una
Bhan Tourism Co-operative, Boyle, County Roscommon
Tel: 00 353 (0)71 96 63033 unabhan@indigo.ie
A
land of castles and ancient kings, of stately homes, of
wild and wonderful landscapes, where glittering rivers and
lakes abound. Here are mountains and moorland, forest parks
and water meadows, splendid and unspoiled scenery, where
the lark sings in the clear air and where around every bend
there is a surprise.
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King
House Interpretive Galleries & Museum
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Opening
Hours:
April to September daily.
Last Admission 5.00pm
10.00am - 18.00pm
Tel: 071
96 63242
Fax:
071 96 63243
e-mail: kinghouse@roscommoncoco.ie
Website: www.kinghouse.ie
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King House was built
by Sir Henry King around
1730, and is a house of unique architectural and historical
importance. Situated beside the Boyle River, within
the town of Boyle, it occupies land formerly controlled
by the MacDermot clan and is the most important provincial
town house in Ireland. Home of the Connaught Rangers
regiment from 1788 and the Irish Army since then,
recent extensive restoration has brought King House
back to its former glory. With the aid of exciting
special effects and life size models in recreated
scenes you are taken back through the long and compelling
history of the house and the people who lived in the
area. Every opportunity has been taken, with the use
of interactive displays, to ensure that visitors,
children and adults alike, are able to experience
life as it was for the people who occupied the house
and lived and work locally. Boyle Annual Arts Festival
is held here throughout the end of July and beginning
of August.With a numerours amount of varied events
and exhibitions. The Boyle Civic Art Collection is
housed here also.
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Admission:
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€7.00 |
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€4.00 |
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€5.00 |
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€18.00
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Adults: |
€5.00 |
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€3.00 |
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€4.00 |
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Facilities
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Fully
wheel-chair accessible, self-guided tours every 5 minutes:
French, German, Spanish and Italian translations, childrens
workshops.
Restaurant, traditional craft shop, adjacent adventure
playground and public park, coach / car parking, civic
art collection & Tourist Information Office. Rooms
for hire & conference facilities.
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Boyle
Abbey
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Opening
Hours:
April - 31st October 10.00 - 18:00
Tel:
00 353 ( 71) 96 62604
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Located
in Boyle town on the N4, stand the magnificent restored
ruins of the Cistercian Abbey founded in 1161 by Maurice
O’Duffy. The Abbey is the daughter house of Mellifont,
Co. Louth. Despite many mutilations due to several wars,
it is still regarded as the finest of the Cistercian
churches to survive in Ireland with the majesty of the
south arcade unparalleled elsewhere in the country.
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Free |
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Free |
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Strokestown
House
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Opening
Hours:
1st April - 31st October, 11.00
- 05.30.
Open all year for pre-booked groups.
Tel: 00
353 ( 71 ) 96 33013
Fax:
00 353 ( 71 ) 96 33712
e-mail: info@strokestownpark.ie
web: www.strokestownpark.ie
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Strokestown
Park House was seat of the Parkenham-Mahons since
the 1660's. The guided tour of the house includes all
the main reception rooms, the first floor bedrooms,
the children's nurseries and the galleried kitchen,
complete with their original furnishings. Located in
the stable yards of Strokestown Park, is the Famine
Museum which commemorates the Great Irish Famine of
the 1840's. The museum uses the extensive Strokestown
archive to explain the significance of the Famine nationally
and to reflect critically on the ongoing spectacle of
contemporary world hunger.
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Admission:
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Adults €11.00
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Adults
€4.50 |
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€4.50 |
| Gardens
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€4.00
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Reduction
on overall ticket for OAPs,/Students/
families/Unwaged
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Toilets,
Parking, Shop, Guided Tours, Restaurant
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Clonalis
House
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Opening
Hours:
1st
June to Mid September.
Tuesdays - Sundays 11.00 - 05.00
Tel:
00 353 ( 94) 96 20014
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Clonalis
House is the ancestral home of the O’Conors of Connaught,
descendants of last High King of Ireland and traditional
Kings of Connaught. Built in 1878, Clonalis House contains
a priceless collection of archival material relating
to the O’Conor family. The Coronation Stone and the
18th Century Harp of Turlough O’Carolan, last of the
Gaelic bards are also to be seen.
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€4.00 |
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€1.50 |
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€2.50 |
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€2.50 |
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Family
Tickets available.
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