the south leinster way

This varied trail leads the walker between some very fine lofty summits in County Carlow, and along forest tracks over the northern slopes of Mount Leinster. The trail then drops down into the neat little town of Borris and from there, follows a towpath along the River Barrow where life sometimes seems to stand still in old world solitude. Graiguenamanagh (the outfarm of the monks) soon comes into view, with its graceful 18th century bridge and medieval Abbey Church. Far above the town, Brandon Hill beckons, and then the Nore Valley at Inistioge, an ancient place with a fine bridge and medieval church. The final section to Carrick-on-Suir crosses wide, lonely uplands, with horizons stretching to Waterford and Tipperary.