The Heritage Card is a must have for anyone touring Ireland, giving entry to dozens of the most popular locations in the country for a single bargain price. Even if you only visit a handful of them you’ll save money, and if you visit more than a handful you’ll save a LOT of money.
For general information about the card, how and where to buy it and how to use it, read this article first, then get a county by county run down of the attractions included. Look out for the Heritage Card symbol on posts as you browse the site.
If you are touring Ireland for more than a couple of days, this card will certainly save you money, possibly quite a lot of money.
This walled park, extending over more than 400 acres and bisected by the Awbeg River has formal gardens, sweeping parkland vistas, groves of …
After three centuries as a Cisterian monestery Tintern Abbey underwent a renovation in the 1560s, going on to be the home of the Colclough family for …
Jerpoint Abbey was founded in the 1160s by Cistercians, a contemplative order of monks which originated in France, on land granted by the King of …
When it was originally built in 1474 by Hugh O’Donnell, chief of the O’Donnell clan, Donegal Castle was among the most impressive castles in the …
The house that once stood here is now gone, lost to fire in 1951, only the impressive entrance gates hinting at previous grandeur.
This is a complete listing of the sites to which the Hertiage Card gives admission in Ireland, ordered by their location, since this is the way they …
Connemara is a place of mountains, lakes and spectacular views famed for the quality of the light.
The cluster of ancient structures around Bru na Boinne are designated as a World Heritage Site pre-date the pyramids and are extremely sophisticated …
Archaeological excavations in Mayo are uncovering new insights into life in Stone Age Ireland, and what they are finding is having an international impact.
WB Yeats is one of the most romantic poets ever and this is his ancestral home, a place he dearly loved and where he is buried.
One of the earliest and most important Norman castles in Ireland sits high on a hill overlooking the river Nore at the heart of the city that grew up …
Glendalough in Co Wicklow with its famous round tower was one of the most important Christian monastic settlements in Europe.
Skellig Micheal is a World heritage site, site of an ancient Christian monastery and an important wild bird sanctuary.
Now uninhabited, Scattery was lived in from the time St Senen established a monastery there in 534 until the last Islanders left in 1978.
An architectural gem, this folly was built as a garden pavilion for James Caulfield, the 1st Earl of Charlemont, a wealthy landowner with a huge …