OPW Heritage site Active Retirement offer

Heywood Gardens, Ballinakill Co Laois ; A formal garden designed by Sir Edward Lutyens, surrounded by woodland and lakes , open all year telephone number 353+ (057) 8733563.

Dwyer McAllister Cottage, Derrynamuck, Co Wicklow,; An example of a traditional whitewashed thatched cottage, built with local stone, and it has historic links with the 1798 Rebellion, open mid june -mid september daily 14.00 -18.00, telephone number +353 404 45325/52.

Kilmacurragh, Kilbride, Co Wicklow ; An arboretum famous for its conifers and calcifuges, open daily all year, telephone number +353 (0404) 48844.

Wicklow Mountains National Park, Upper Lake Glendalough, Co Wicklow ; 17,000 hectares including large areas of mountain blanket bogs and varied forms of wildlife, from rare orchids to the Peregrine Falcon. The Information centre is open from May - Sept daily and from Oct - Apr Weekends Only , telephone +353 (0404) 45710.The Education Centre is open throughout the year for school bookings ; telephone +353 (0404) 45656 Email wickloweducationcentre@environ.ie.

Glendalough Visitor Centre, Glendalough, Co Wicklow with its famous monastic site founded in the 6th Century, and it has a round tower, stone churches and numerous crosses , open daily all year , telephone +353 404 45352/25 , the admission charges for same are

Adult 3.00 Euros, Group Senior, 2.00. Child/Student 1.00, Family 8.00 Euros.

 

Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre , Kenagh Co Longford ; The Centre interprets an Iron Age bog road , the largest of this kind be be uncovered in

Europe dating from 148 BC, it is open daily From Easter to Mid Sept , Access by guided tour only, telephone +353 (043) 3322386.

 

Loughcrew, Oldcastle, Co Meath , The loughcrew Cairns, also known as the little Hills of the Witch, are a group of Neolithic passage tombs dating to 3,000 BC , it is open daily Late May - Late August , telephone number +353 (049) 8541240.

 

Maynooth Castle, Maynooth, Co Kildare , A 13th Century castle, it contains one of the largest Keeps of its type in Ireland, it is open daily Late May - Late Sept., telephone number +353 (01) 6286744.