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About Carlow

Ireland's smallest inland county, Carlow is located in the south east of Ireland, approximately 80km from Dublin. The modern name Carlow is thought to have derived from the old Irish place name Ceatharloch, meaning 'four lakes'. With the Blackstairs Mountains to the east and the Killeshin Hills to the west, Carlow has its share of surrounding scenery. A frontier town for many centuries, Carlow is a busy market and industrial centre today and serves a large rural area.

Often referred to as 'The Celtic Centre of Ireland', Carlow boasts a significant number of Celtic monuments and historical sites, with many of the county's abbeys and castles still surviving. Pre-Christian inhabitants of Carlow left their mark in the form of tomb monuments or dolmens. These were used as communal burial grounds during the earlier Neolithic period and also for religious rights.

The largest of these relics is Brown's Hill Dolmen. A field monument of huge proportions, the capstone here is believed to be the largest in Europe. The location, setting, and purpose of this megalithic structure have been the subject of conjecture for centuries. Most likely, it marks the burial place of a local king from long ago but has been invested with a rich overlay of myth and legend. Numerous other religious structures have been built including the Cathedral of St. Lazerian, the Adelaide Memorial Church, Carlow Cathedral, St Patrick's College and the religious settlement at St Mullins.

Once a stronghold of the Anglo-Normans, Carlow's strategic position has ensured it a significant role in the turbulent history of Ireland. During the 1798 Rising, over six hundred nationalist rebels were massacred here. Over four hundred of them are buried near Graiguecullen at the stone quarries. Two of Ireland's great rivers, the Barrow and the Slaney, also meander their way southward through the county making Carlow a great location for angling and river cruising.

Some of the attractions to look out for in Carlow area include:

Carlow Museum
The Carlow Museum is operated by the Old Carlow Society. In a series of shop layouts, it displays aspects of early nineteenth and twentieth century domestic and commercial life in the Carlow area. It also houses a fine display of Celtic artefacts found locally.

Carlow Mini-Brewery
Opened in August 1998, this Mini Brewery currently provides just two varieties of beer brewed on site and served in a 'themed' transport bar. Located in a former railway store, the brewery retains a lot of the feel and flavour of this fine stone building.

Altamount Gardens
Altamont are large, beautiful old world gardens. Robinsonian in style, the garden has a strong emphasis on the informal tradition of combining a good plant collection within the natural landscape of its environment. Lawns and clipped yews slope down to a lake surrounded by rare trees and shrubs and a profusion of roses and herbaceous plants scent the air.

Dunleckney Manor
Dunleckney Manor is one of Carlows most magnificent country houses located 2km north east of Bagenalstown. Incorporating the original manor dating to 1612, the present manor was erected in 1845 in Tudor Gothic style by Daniel Robertson. The manor was home to the Bagenal family for almost three centuries from 1585 onwards.

Carlow Courthouse
Carlow Courthouse is located at the end of Dublin Street. It is considered to be one of the finest court houses in the country and was designed by William Vituvius Morrison in 1830. The Court House gives the impression of being a temple set on a high plinth, but this obscures the fact that the basement is a maze of cells and dungeons.

Myshall Memorial Church
Built as a miniature of Salisbury Cathedral, this architectural gem was completed in 1913 by London businessman John Duguid as a memorial of love to his daughter following her death on the hunting field

Killeshin Romanesque Doorway
This well preserved doorway at Killeshin features stone carvings of heads with intertwining hair, foliage and animal motifs. It's a very rare example of Irish Romanesque architecture.