Local Attractions

1. Newgrange and the Boyne Valley 2. Cúchulainn and the Táin 3. Saints and Druids 4. Castles and Battlefields 5. Historic Towns and Villages 6. Poets and Scholars 7. Museums 8. Gardens, Ponds and Open Farms

The countryside surrounding Smarmore Castle includes some world famous visitor attractions, scenic country areas and a wealth of places connected with key events in Irish history and legend..

1. Newgrange and the Boyne Valley

Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre

Battle of the Boyne Site

Trim Castle, Trim

Slane Castle

Hill of Slane

Francis Ledwidge Museum

Kells Visitor Centre

2. Cúchulainn and the Táin

Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre

Ardee

Dundalk

Louth County Museum, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Faughart Hill and Graveyard

Carlingford

Cúchulainn’s Stone, Knockbridge, Co. Louth

3 Saints and Druids

Old Mellifont Abbey,

Monasterboice Tower and High Cross.

The Jumping Church

Ardee town

Hill of Tara, Navan, Co. Meath

Hill of Slane

Kells Visitor Centre.

Saint Brigid’s Shrine, Faughart, Co. Louth.

Faughart Hill and Graveyard

Millmount Museum and Martello Tower

4. Castles & Battlefields

Trim Castle, Trim, Co. Meath.

Slane Castle

Knockabbey Castle, Louth Village, Co. Louth

King John Castle Carlingford

Millmount Tower Drogheda

Battle of the Boyne Site

Ardee

Cúchulainn’s Stone, Knockbridge, Co. Louth

5. Historic Towns and Villages

Ardee

Trim

Dundalk

Kells Visitor Centre

Carlingford

Drogheda

6. Poets and Scholars

Francis Ledwidge Museum, Slane, Co. Meath

Stephenstown Pond, Agnes Burns Cottage, Enterprise and Conference Centre.

Patrick Kavanagh Centre, Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan.

7. Museums

Francis Ledwidge Museum, Slane, Co. Meath

Louth County Museum, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Kells Visitor Centre, Kells, Co. Meath.

Millmount Museum and Martello Tower, Drogheda, Co. Louth

8. Gardens, Open Farms and Ponds

Stephenstown Pond, Agnes Burns Cottage, Enterprise and Conference Centre.

Knockabbey Castle, Louth Village, Co. Louth

Woodfield Open Farm, Oldcastle, Co. Meath