heritage centres meath

Trim:
Our walking tour takes in the Castle, the largest in Ireland, one of the medieval monasteries, the town walls and the remains of a medieval church thus giving a complete view of life in the Middle Ages. See where Braveheart was filmed…

Kells:
The High crosses, the round tower, the remains of an oratory and the Book of Kells illustrate the importance of Kells as an early monastic site.

Tara:
Legendary Tara, the home of the High King...

Sonairte aims to demonstrate through tours and lectures the beauty and fragility of nature. See ecology in action in the 2 acre organic garden, vegetarian coffee shop, nature trail, energy exhibitions and ecologically reconstructed buildings....

Tara Hill was one of the most venerated spots in early Ireland. From the time of the legendary king Cormac Mac Airt in the 3rd century, it came into the historical limelight, but it probably had a religious significance long before that. The seat of priest-kings going back to a time long before Irish history began, it developed from being a religious-royal site of small local priest-kings to become the seat of the High Kings of Ireland. These kings were not a hereditary line of kings based in...

The Mission Awareness Cente celebrates through picture, image, artfact and video, the people and cultures encountered by Columban missionaries in Asia, the South Pacific and South America. It received a notable award in the Interpret Ireland Awards 1996 and is regarded as one of the finest Visitor Centres in the Country.

The Dalgan Walks throughout the property are well known to many, and there is an interesting and relaxing 5 km "easy" walk route throughout the woodlands, fields a...

One of the great wonders of the ancient world, Newgrange is older than Stonehenge, Mycenae or even the pyramids in Egypt. Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre is the starting point for a tour of Newgrange....

'O that we were at Laracor this fine day. The willows begin to weep and the quicks to bud ' So wrote Dean Jonathan Swift, satirist, and author of the famous Gulliver's Travels, who was vicar at Laracor between 1699 and 1713....