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Berkeley Forest House |
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Berkeley Forest House is a Georgian
building, the home of the owners, dating
from 1780. Two large rooms are occupied
by a collection of 18th and 19th century
costumes, dolls and antique toys from
the early 18th century to modern times.
The exhibits range from rare and
delicate artefacts to simple and robust
playthings and garments of the past.
There is also a small pretty
garden adjoining, which is open to the
public. Guided school and other tours by
arrangement. |
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Craanford Mills |
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A unique early 17th Century watermill just four miles from Gorey,
off the Gorey - Carnew road. This corn grinding mill has been
fully restored to working order and is on view to visitors, with
guided tours and wholesome food being served in the kiln loft. An
added feature of a garden has recently been developed along side
the mill. This project which has been lovingly restored by the
owner over the past four years was highly commending in the Henry
Ford Conservation Awards in 1996 and was just pipped for first
prize in the Heritage Category. For the 20th century visitor, a
watermill like the one at the quaint village of Craanford is well
worth a visit. |
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Dunbrody Emigrant Ship |
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Dunbrody Emigrant Ship was primarily a
cargo vessel and carried timber from
Canada, and
cotton from the southern states of the
USA. The ship
was fitted out with bunks and facilities
for passengers desperate to escape the
harrowing conditions at home. From 1845
to 1851, between April and September,
she carried passengers on her outward
journeys to Canada and the USA. She
usually carried 176 people but on one
crossing, at the height of the Famine in
1847, she carried 313.
Today you may board this ship at the
Quay in New Ross and see the conditions
which immigrants would have been faced
with back in the 1800's. |
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Duncannon Fort |
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Duncannon Fort is a star shaped fortress
on an important promontory in Waterford
Harbour. It was built in 1588 in the
expectation of an attack on the area by
the Spanish Armada. The Fort is
surrounded by a 30 ft high dry moat and
has one of the oldest lighthouses of its
kind in Ireland. All the major buildings
in the Fort surround a parade ground. A
walk around the outer ramparts afford
spectacular views across the estuary to
Co. Waterford and down to Hook Head.
Located at a lower level than the moat
is the croppy boy cell. After the 1798
rebellion, prisoners were detained here
pending transfer to Geneva Barracks for
trial and sentencing. An added
attraction is the Maritime Museum which
charts the maritime history of one of
the most dangerous coastlines in
Ireland, the Wexford coast. |
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Hook Head Lighthouse
Visitor Centre and the Hook Peninsula |
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Hook Head
Lighthouse visitor Centre offers a
spectacular view from the
balcony, a first class gift shop and
café. Relax by the sea and keep an eye
out for seals, dolphins and even whales!
In clear weather you can see for miles
and in a storm the spray often reaches
the top of the lighthouse.
The Visitor centre at Hook
Lighthouse in county Wexford, Ireland,
one of the premier visitor attractions
in the south east, offers guided tours
of the lighthouse tower, a 13th Century
Norman structure, built by the Earl of
Pembroke as part of the development of
his Lordship of Leinster.
Purpose built as a lighthouse, it
has served sailors and shipping for 800
years, apart from a short closure during
the 17th century. It is thought to be
one of the oldest operational
lighthouses in the world. When the Tower
of Hook became fully automated in 1996
and no longer needed resident keepers,
it was decided to celebrate its
uniqueness by opening it to the public.
Take a drive on the Hook Peninsula and
enjoy the Irish scenery. |
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John F Kennedy Arboretum |
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Dedicated to the memory of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, President of the
United States from 1960 to 1963, the
Arboretum in New
Ross, Wexford, is a plant collection of
international standing. It covers 252
hectares (623 acres) on the southern
slopes and summit of Slievecoiltia. |
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Kilmore Quay Maritime Museum |
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Two attractions in one, Kilmore Quay
Maritime Museum is housed in a floating
lightship. The Guillemot was built in
1923 and it has been completely
restored. Inside are cabins with their
original furniture, engine rooms, and an
excellent Maritime Museum. Exhibits
include model ships, pictures, sea
antiques and a Royal National Lifeboat
Institute display. Look out for the
anchor of the SS Idaho, sunk in 1878,
and salvaged in 1976, and head for the
ship’s bridge for great views of the
Saltee Islands, Ireland’s largest bird
sanctuary. |
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Newtownbarry House, Gardens and Gallery |
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Newtownbarry House, Gardens and Gallery,
the history of
the garden, with its curious
stone arched grottoes at either end,
stretches back to an earlier period,
perhaps contemporary with Woodfield, the
18thC house which Newtownbarry House
replaced and shown on the ordinance
survey map of 1840.
The restoration of the gardens
began with the reinstatement of a stream
fed lake in front of the imposing house
12 years ago and continued into the
walled rose garden designed by Frances
and Iain MacDonald.
There are many appealing
and the
Hickory tree is of special note.
Visitors can enjoy a tour of the house
where paintings by contemporary artists
are exhibited in an art gallery housed
in a wing and residential art courses
are on offer in the restored kitchen. |
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The Kennedy Homestead |
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The Kennedy Homestead, birthplace of
the 35th
President of the United States,
President John F. Kennedy's
great-grandfather Patrick Kennedy,
celebrates the story of five generations
of the Kennedy dynasty and is still
today farmed by his descendants.
Joining the multitudes of Irish fleeing
the Great Famine, Patrick Kennedy
departed from this Homestead for the
port of New Ross on a wet day in 1848 to
set sail for the United States where his
descendants were to become the worlds
most famous family.
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Boolavogue Fr Murphy Centre
National 1798 Centre , Enniscorthy
Horse Racing at
Wexford
Irish Agricultural Museum, Johnstown Castle Estate,
County Wexford
Saltee Islands for its international bird
sanctuaries
Shrule Deer Farm
The Irish National Heritage Park, Ferrycarrig, County Wexford
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