Carlow Attractions

What are Carlow Attractions?

Check out all the places I’ve been visiting in County Carlow.

Arboretum Home & Garden Heaven

County Carlow is a treasury of magnificent gardens and award-winning garden centers and parks. I recently visited the Arboretum Home & Garden Heaven. It is located on Old Kilkenny Road in Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow. It is 12,6 km from the town...

Brownshill Dolmen

The most characteristic attraction of County Carlow is The Brownshill Dolmen dating back to prehistoric times. Moreover, County Carlow is known as “The Dolmen County”. And it is a nickname based on the Brownshill Dolmen. Brownshill...

Duckett’s Grove

One of the greatest attractions in County Carlow is Duckett`s Grove. I highly recommend visiting this amazing place. It makes a great impression. Also, this is the most photogenic place in the entire of County Carlow. Duckett’s Grove is the...

Carlow Farmers Market

On July 2020 Carlow Farmers Market celebrates its 16th anniversary. It started trading in July 2004. The Carlow Farmers Market is open once a week, on Saturday, from 9 am to 2 pm. No matter if rains or shine. And it is located on the former Potato...

Shamrock Plaza on Shamrock Square

There is Shamrock Plaza on Shamrock Square in the town of Carlow. Shamrock (Irish seamróg) is a three-leaf clover ☘ a symbol of Ireland. So, according to legend, Saint Patrick used it by showing this plant as one stem with three leaves to depict the...

Deighton Memorial Hall

Deighton Memorial Hall is located on the corner of Burrin Street and Kennedy Avenue. Now, it is one of the sad and derelict, historic buildings in Carlow Town. It was built around the mid-1700 ′s. Half of the building was demolished in the 1920′s in...

Wellington Bridge

Wellington Bridge or commonly called Graiguecullen Bridge is one of the oldest and the lowest bridges on the River Barrow. This bridge links Carlow Town with Graiguecullen. It is a stone five-arch bridge. It was built in 1569. In 1815 the bridge was...

Chocolate Garden of Ireland, Co. Wicklow

World Chocolate Day is celebrated annually on the 7th of July. So this is a perfect occasion to visit “the most chocolate place” in County Carlow. And it is the Chocolate Garden of Ireland. Located between Tullow and Shillelagh, Chocolate Garden is...

River Burren

The third largest river after River Slaney and River Barrow which flows through the County of Carlow is River Burren. The length of the River Burren is 39 kilometers (24 miles). It flows through the center of the County of Carlow. So, it rises in...

Tullow Museum

Tullow Museum, County Carlow

Tullow

Tullow is the second largest town after Carlow town in County Carlow. In Irish An Tulach, meaning ‘The Mound’, formerly Tulach Ó bhFéidhlim. It is a small market town located on the River Slaney Valley in the midst of rich, fertile...

Top 10 Attractions of Carlow Town

The Top 10 Attractions of Carlow Town included some hidden gems. Carlow (Irish Ceatharlach) is the county town of County Carlow, in the southeast of Ireland, 84 km from Dublin. The M9 motorway means Carlow is about an hour’s drive from Dublin....

St. Mary`s Church of Ireland

Carlow was an important town in the Middle Ages. And his parish church stood then in the place currently occupied by St. Mary`s Church of Ireland. Also called the parish church of the Virgin Mary. Therefore St. Mary`s Church of Ireland is in a place...

The Assembly Rooms

Assembly Rooms is another place in Carlow associated with the outstanding Irish playwright. George Bernard Shaw, Nobel Prize winner in literature in 1925. An Oscar winner in 1938 for the “best screenplay adapted” to the film Pygmalion,...

Carlow Town Hall

For over one hundred and twenty years the Town Hall continues to be at the center of local government administration in Carlow. It was constructed according to the plans of the architect William Hague, Dublin. And in March 1886 Carlow Town...

Carlow Railway Station

Carlow Railway Station was built in 1845. It was designed by the outstanding railway engineer Sir John MacNeill. The station is located on St Joseph’s Road and Railway Road, on the line connecting Dublin and Waterford. Most of the station’s...

Carlow Shopping Centre

Carlow Shopping Centre was established on the site of the former “The Old Carlow Gaol” (the 1700s.) – the Old Jail in Carlow town. The entrance, which now leads to the Shopping Centre was originally the main gate of the Old Jail....

St Leo’s Convent of Mercy

St Leo’s Convent of Mercy is situated on Dublin Road in Carlow Town. Moreover, a leisurely stroll through the streets of Carlow Town reveals a rich ecclesiastical history. This stretches all the way back to the sixth century. When St. Croine Bheag,...

St. Clare`s Church & Poor Clare Monastery

St. Clare’s Church at Graiguecullen is a pearl of Gothic architecture. And it is the former Church of Saint Anna at Athy Road in Carlow Town. History of St. Clare`s Church: St. Clare’s Church was initially built in 1852 as Saint Annes Church...

Carlow County Museum

Carlow County Museum is the newest County Museum in Ireland, opened in 2012. Counties Museums cover 13 objects throughout Ireland. And their role is to collect, store, document, and present the historical and cultural heritage of individual...

Carlow Town Park

The most popular town park in Carlow Town is Carlow Town Park. It covers over twelve hectares of open space on the banks of the River Barrow. The location of the park in this place contributed to the development and regeneration of this part of the...