Month: October 2018

Autumn`s events
Carlow Culture

Carlow Scarefest 2018 – Dublin Circus Project Fire Show

This October Carlow unveiled its first Halloween festival. Scarefest is a brand new Halloween themed festival taking place in County Carlow from October 26th to November 4th 2018. The festival features a wide ranging programme, from paranormal investigations and witch trials, to spectacular fire shows and family fun activities. Scarefest events were located in lots […]

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Autumn`s events
Carlow Culture

Carlow Farmers Market Halloween Event

Scarefest 2018 – Carlow’s family-friendly Halloween Festival – take place in town from Friday, October 26th to Sunday, November 4th. Events, courtesy of lots of great places in Carlow. One of the events was Carlow Farmers Market Halloween Event, Saturday 9am-2pm, on Potato Market. Carlow Farmers’ Market is held every Saturday morning between 9am and 2pm […]

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Carlow Attractions
Gardens

Hardymount Garden in Autumn

I love to explore the gardens and photograph them. I could spend a few hours in the garden, photographing every detail, each flower and each plant. I am lucky to live in a county that has excellent conditions for the development of gardening, a favorable climate and is famous for its wonderful gardens. My most favorite garden […]

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Autumn`s events
Carlow Culture
Photos

The best dressed Halloween window in Carlow Town

Defenitly the best and the most spooky, scary, scrumptious Halloween window I ever seen was in Sue Ryder Charity Shop on Dublin street in Carlow town. They called it “Dinner for two … “ I was a volunter in Sue Ryder Charity Shop this year and I had oportunity to help to decorate Halloween window. […]

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Around Carlow
County Kilkenny

Shankill Castle, Co. Kilkenny – ScareFest

Shankill Castle is set in parkland near Paulstown on the Carlow/Kilkenny border. It is just 16km from Kilkenny and 19km from Carlow. Shankill Castle, one of the Irish house-castles, is a unique family home often described as a living museum. It was first built as a Butler tower-house near the ruins of a pre-reformation church. In 1708 […]

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Carlow Attractions

Rathgeran Rock Art Stone

On the beautiful Blackstairs Mountain beside Mount Leinster in Rathgeran townland, Co. Carlow is located Rathgeran Rock Art Stone. This stone (one of three in Rathgeran) is the finest example of early prehistoric rock art in south Leinster, and one of the finest in Ireland. This stone is very hard to find on the Mountain […]

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