Top Things to do in Province of Leinster
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What to do and see in Province of Leinster, Province of Leinster: The Best Monuments & Statues
Discover the best top things to do in Province of Leinster, Ireland including Fiach MacHugh O’Bryne Memorial Stone, Saint Brigid’s Shrine and Well, John Boyle O'Reilly Memorial, Statue of Anne Devlin, Cainneach, Brownshill Dolmen, The Famine Sculptures, Kells Priory, Donaghmore Round Tower, The Long Woman's Grave.
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1. Fiach MacHugh O’Bryne Memorial Stone
2. Saint Brigid’s Shrine and Well
3. John Boyle O'Reilly Memorial
4. Statue of Anne Devlin
5. Cainneach
6. Brownshill Dolmen
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4.5 based on 165 reviews
Megalithic monument thousands of years old.
Reviewed By CazBUk - Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
We were travelling back to Dublin from Kilkenny at the end of our touring holiday in Ireland, and saw signs to the Brownshill Dolmen.Eventually found the small roadside car park. After reading the information board there we followed the path alongside the field,eventually arriving at a cleared area in the middle of the field, where the dolmen ( portal tomb) was situated. It was certainly a very impressive sight- worth the effort to find. There was more information at the dolmen.
7. The Famine Sculptures
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4.5 based on 2,661 reviews
'Famine' (1997) was commissioned by Norma Smurfit and presented to the City of Dublin in 1997. The sculpture is a commemorative work dedicated to those Irish people forced to emigrate during the 19th century Irish Famine. The bronze sculptures were designed and crafted by Dublin sculptor Rowan Gillespie and are located on Custom House Quay in Dublin's Docklands. This location is a particularly appropriate and historic as one of the first voyages of the Famine period was on the 'Perserverance' which sailed from Custom House Quay on St. Patrick's Day 1846. The area is also home to two other attractions that chronicle this chapter in Irish history. The Jeanie Johnston Tall Ship & Famine Story is a replica famine-era ship and offers tours of the conditions famine migrants would have endured. EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum is a fully digital museum that tells the amazing story and history of Irish emigration, including that of the Great Famine period.
Reviewed By starskys77 - Dublin, Ireland
A poignant reminder of Irelands famine past. The expressions on the faces speak out the viewer that this is an exodus made not by choice but rather as a matter of survival. The very quayside that they march upon was the loading point for all ships off to the various ''new worlds,'' they sought refuge in. Indeed the very same ships intended to take them to saftey would be also known as ''Coffin ships,'' due to the high death rate amongst the passengers due to hunger and disease. A good example of one of these ships, the Jeanie Johnston, is a 3 minute walk eastwards, just down from the memoria. It's as if the spirits of the dead are forever caught in time, walking towards that boat symbolising a last glimmer of hope. Irregardless of the cirriculum being taught in schools. Every schoolgoer should be brought here to witness these.
8. Kells Priory
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4.5 based on 222 reviews
Reviewed By TomChatt - Los Angeles, United States
The largest monastic site in Ireland, it includes a large wall with several towers that encloses several acres, as well as foundations and remnants of a 900-year old religious community. There's no tour, no signage, just a bunch of evocative ruins out in a field that you are free to roam and imagine what it was like in 1200 AD. Bonus tip: if you like this sort of thing, there is a much lesser-known site called Kilree just 2km to the south that is also worth visiting, which includes a round tower and an elaborately carved high cross out in the middle of a cow pasture.
9. Donaghmore Round Tower
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4.5 based on 33 reviews
Reviewed By 81clarea - Belfast, United Kingdom
During a recent trip to Co Meath we discovered this charming little graveyard with the remains of a church and an exquisite round tower. A peaceful place and well worth a short visit.
