Guidebook for Tullamore

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Guidebook for Tullamore

Food Scene

10 locals recommend
Sirocco's Italian Restaurant
Patrick Street
10 locals recommend

Drinks & Nightlife

Good quality food at reasonable prices in the bar and in the restaurant. Regular live music
9 locals recommend
Bridge House Hotel
Bridge Street
9 locals recommend
Good quality food at reasonable prices in the bar and in the restaurant. Regular live music
Hugh Lynchs Bar
Kilbride Street

Parks & Nature

46 locals recommend
Slieve Bloom Mountains
46 locals recommend
Lough Boora Sculpture & Wildlife Park Boora The magnificent wetlands and wildlife wilderness of Lough Boora now host some of the most innovative land and environmental sculptures in Ireland. Web: www.loughbooraparklands.com
33 locals recommend
Lough Boora Discovery Park
33 locals recommend
Lough Boora Sculpture & Wildlife Park Boora The magnificent wetlands and wildlife wilderness of Lough Boora now host some of the most innovative land and environmental sculptures in Ireland. Web: www.loughbooraparklands.com
Clara Bog Clara Offaly Phone: 0905 74114 The bog is an excellent example of a large raised bog with its own distinctive flora and fauna.
Clara Bog Nature Reserve
Clara Bog Clara Offaly Phone: 0905 74114 The bog is an excellent example of a large raised bog with its own distinctive flora and fauna.

Essentials

Tesco Extra
Portarlington Road
ALDI
Dunnes Stores
Church Road
Doolan's N52
Lidl
Main Street
Boots
1 Church St

Getting Around

Iarnrod Eireann
52 Pearse Park
Kearns to Dublin stop is 2 minutes from our home
Kearns Transport
Kearns to Dublin stop is 2 minutes from our home

Sightseeing

Slieve Blooms Kinnitty Offaly The area is made up of forests, blanket bog of a type which is unique to Ireland, interspersed with hidden valleys of great character, and interest to the nature lover. Email: info@slievebloom.ie Web: www.slievebloom.ie
46 locals recommend
Slieve Bloom Mountains
46 locals recommend
Slieve Blooms Kinnitty Offaly The area is made up of forests, blanket bog of a type which is unique to Ireland, interspersed with hidden valleys of great character, and interest to the nature lover. Email: info@slievebloom.ie Web: www.slievebloom.ie
At the foot of the Slieve Bloom mountains Kinnitty Castle Kinnitty Phone: 579137318 Email: info@kinnittycastle.com Web: www.kinnittycastle.com
17 locals recommend
Kinnitty Castle Hotel
17 locals recommend
At the foot of the Slieve Bloom mountains Kinnitty Castle Kinnitty Phone: 579137318 Email: info@kinnittycastle.com Web: www.kinnittycastle.com
Clonmacnoise Monastic Visitors Centre Clommacnoise Offaly Phone: 090 9674195 An Early Christian site founded by St. Ciarán in the mid-6th century on the eastern bank of the River Shannon. Web: www.lonelyplanet.com
51 locals recommend
Clonmacnoise
51 locals recommend
Clonmacnoise Monastic Visitors Centre Clommacnoise Offaly Phone: 090 9674195 An Early Christian site founded by St. Ciarán in the mid-6th century on the eastern bank of the River Shannon. Web: www.lonelyplanet.com
Lockes Distillery Kilbeggan Phone: 057 9332134 Locke's Distillery is the last remaining example of a small pot still whiskey distillery in Ireland. Email: lockesmuseum@iol.ie Web: www.lockesdistillerymuseum.ie
Locke's Distillery Museum
Lower Main Street
Lockes Distillery Kilbeggan Phone: 057 9332134 Locke's Distillery is the last remaining example of a small pot still whiskey distillery in Ireland. Email: lockesmuseum@iol.ie Web: www.lockesdistillerymuseum.ie
Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre Bury Quay Tullamore Phone: 057 9325015 Email: tullamoredhc@eircom.net Web: www.tullamore-dew.org
31 locals recommend
Tullamore D.E.W. Old Bonded Warehouse
Bury Quay
31 locals recommend
Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre Bury Quay Tullamore Phone: 057 9325015 Email: tullamoredhc@eircom.net Web: www.tullamore-dew.org
Rahan Monastic Site Rahan Offaly This beautiful church is a physical legacy of the church reforms of the 12th century. It displays evidence of our cosmopolitan past, where art and architecture were influenced by other areas in western Europe and Scandinavia. It also shows, through its stone carvings, how Ireland adapted these influences to create its own unique style Web: www.monasticway.com
Rahan Monastic Site and Church Ruins
Rahan Monastic Site Rahan Offaly This beautiful church is a physical legacy of the church reforms of the 12th century. It displays evidence of our cosmopolitan past, where art and architecture were influenced by other areas in western Europe and Scandinavia. It also shows, through its stone carvings, how Ireland adapted these influences to create its own unique style Web: www.monasticway.com
Charleville Castle Birr Road Phone: 057 9321279 Email: info@charlevillecastle.com Web: www.charlevillecastle.com Beautiful walks around castle grounds
11 locals recommend
Charleville Castle
11 locals recommend
Charleville Castle Birr Road Phone: 057 9321279 Email: info@charlevillecastle.com Web: www.charlevillecastle.com Beautiful walks around castle grounds

Arts & Culture

Birr Castle Birr Offaly Phone: 057 9120336 There has been a Norman castle on this site since 1170. From the 14th to the 17th century the O' Carroll family ruled from here and the territory was known as Ely O' Carroll Email: mail@birrcastle.com Web: www.birrcastle.com
70 locals recommend
Birr Castle
70 locals recommend
Birr Castle Birr Offaly Phone: 057 9120336 There has been a Norman castle on this site since 1170. From the 14th to the 17th century the O' Carroll family ruled from here and the territory was known as Ely O' Carroll Email: mail@birrcastle.com Web: www.birrcastle.com
Nestled in the tree lined Oxmantown Mall, Birr Theatre and Arts Centre is a dedicated purpose built theatre which dates from 1888.  Having fallen into disrepair during the eighties and nineties, Birr Stage Guild set about restoring and refurbishing this Victorian theatre building to its original glory with seating capacity for 220 with both public funds and local fundraising.  ​​​​​ It is now a high quality facility, which provides a base for year round development of the Arts in Birr and environs, the rest of the County of Offaly and the wider region.Our programme of events includes  theatre, music - classical, contemporary, folk, jazz etc, film, dance, comedy etc and we are delighted to be involved with a number Festivals (Hullabaloo! Offaly’s Children’s Arts Festival, OFFline Film Festival, IF ONLY Dance Festival, Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival, Scripts, Ireland’s Playwrighting Festival and Birr One Act Drama Festival).
13 locals recommend
Birr Theatre & Arts Centre
Oxmantown Mall
13 locals recommend
Nestled in the tree lined Oxmantown Mall, Birr Theatre and Arts Centre is a dedicated purpose built theatre which dates from 1888.  Having fallen into disrepair during the eighties and nineties, Birr Stage Guild set about restoring and refurbishing this Victorian theatre building to its original glory with seating capacity for 220 with both public funds and local fundraising.  ​​​​​ It is now a high quality facility, which provides a base for year round development of the Arts in Birr and environs, the rest of the County of Offaly and the wider region.Our programme of events includes  theatre, music - classical, contemporary, folk, jazz etc, film, dance, comedy etc and we are delighted to be involved with a number Festivals (Hullabaloo! Offaly’s Children’s Arts Festival, OFFline Film Festival, IF ONLY Dance Festival, Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival, Scripts, Ireland’s Playwrighting Festival and Birr One Act Drama Festival).