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Featured Events
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Womens River Ramble
[ May 26, 2012; ]
This event is taking place along the River Barrow and in the Blackstairs Mountains. Join us on a women’s charity walk through the stunning 18th century landscape along the grassy towpath next to the River Barrow. Walk 10km from Borris to Graiguenamanagh or 16km from Borris to St. Mullins. For the more ambitious walkers, two hill walks are offered [...]
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May 13th 2012. Carlow 20112 Ford Escort Challenge – covers the east of Tullow including Clonmore, Rathvilly and Tullow. Headquarters: Mount Wolseley Hotel, Spa & Country Club, Tullow, Co. Carlow. A significient event in rallying showcasing the Mark 2, a now unique car in motoring history. The only event in Ireland with a separate rally for Mark 2 cars. more...
June 8th - June 17th 2012. Ten days of extrordinary and innovative exhibitions, theatre performances, comedy shows and live music. Highlights include Brian Duggan’s mesmerising huge scale installation of an 1890s timber barn replica – VISUAL, a literary weekend in Borris House, Ireland’s first festival of history, a series of temporary galleries, comedy and music . more...
Duckett’s Grove, the 18th, 19th and early 20th century home of the Duckett family, was formerly at the centre of a 12,000 acre (4,856 hectares) estate that has dominated the Carlow landscape for over 300 years. Even in ruin, the surviving towers and turrets of Duckett’s Grove form a romantic profile making it one of the most photogenic historic buildings in the country. more...
Carlow – Trails of the Saints “Carlow – Trails of the Saints” is made up of three separate driving routes which between them cover the entire county of Carlow and feature some 51 ecclesiastical attractions. All of the sites are rich and allow you discover the special peace and spirituality which encapsulates this county. St. Patrick’s Trail in the northern part of the county covers a distance of 43 miles (68 km) while St. Laserian’s Trail in mid-Carlow is 41 miles (65 km) in length. St. Moling’s Trail which takes in south Co. Carlow is 35 miles (56 km). more...
The Mount Leinster Heritage Drive is a 75km driving route through the beautiful countryside of rural south Carlow taking in the towns of and villages of Borris, Bunclody, Clonegal, Kildavin, Myshall, Fenagh and Bagenalstown. Notable features in the landscape include the Blackstairs Mountains and Mount Leinster, its highest peak at 795 metres. more...
VISUAL is one of Ireland's leading facilities for the presentation of local, national and international contemporary visual art as well as housing a magnificent theatre comprising 350 seats, a restaurant and bar. The building has been designed by renowned architect Terry Pawson and contains both one of the largest and most sympathetic spaces for presenting contemporary and modern art in Ireland. more...
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