Southwest Ireland Attractions
Use our Southwest Ireland sightseeing and attractions listings to help you make the most of your visit to Southwest Ireland, or browse by location using the map of attractions in Southwest Ireland
16 Perry Square, Limerick, , Co.Limerick
Fine art gallery established in 1985 showing original oil paintings by A. Woulfe and guest artists. The gallery is open all year ruond and viewing is by appointment
Ballysteen, , Co.Limerick
The garden is designed as a series of small gardens all inter-linked. One garden has a laburnum walk under planted with lavender, another has vegetables and another is full of soft fruit and flowers for picking.
Bantry, , Co.Cork
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Since 1946 the house containing its important collection of furniture, tapestries and objets d'art has been open to the public.
Cork, , Co.Cork
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Blackrock Castle Observatory is a 16th century castle located about 2km from the heart of Cork city on the banks of the river Lee.
Blarney, , Co.Cork
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Blarney Castle was built nearly six hundred years ago by one of Ireland’s greatest chieftains, Cormac MacCarthy, and has been attracting attention beyond Munster ever since. Not all of that has been welcome, as Good Queen Bess and Oliver Cromwell could testify.
Ballygrennan, Croom, , Co.Limerick
Traditional farm with a large selection of farm animals including cattle, sheep, pigs, fowl & exotic birds. Facilities include a playground, picnic area and horse & cart riding.
Ballylongford, Listowel, , Co.Kerry
A tower house built in 1490 by Conor Liath O Connor Kerry. It is built of thin pieces of limestone, used almost as bricks with some attractive windows.
Cloonagulleen, Kilcornan, , Co.Limerick
Situated on an original Celtic settlement, the stunningly beautiful Celtic Park helps to interpret Ireland’s past with exhibits of the physical structures associated with ancient Ireland.
Kinsale, , Co.Cork
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Constructed in the late 17th century on the site of an earlier coastal fortification. Charles Fort is a classic example of a star-shaped fort and has five bastions.
Coillte Forest Park, Kilcornan, , Co.Limerick
The woodland estate and lakes around the shell of 18th century Curraghchase House home of poet Aubrey de Vere, is now open as a State forest and park.
Bruree, Kilmallock, , Co.Limerick
he picturesque village of Bruree is famous as the place in which academic, freedom-fighter, politician, statesman and one of the outstanding figures in twentieth century Ireland, Eamon de Valera, spent his childhood.
Dingle, , Co.Kerry
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Offer's some of the most spectacular scenery, rising in the north to the towering Brandon Mountain,, whilst the west coast has some spectacular seascapes
Glandore, Nr Conakilty, , Co.Cork
Stone Circle of 17 stones dates from about the beginning of the Christian era. In the center of the circle were found the burned remains of a human body, and a short distance to the west the remains of two round huts; these have been dated to the second-fourth century A.D.
Foynes, , Co.Limerick
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Features the original Terminal Building, Radio and Weather Room, complete with transmitters, receivers and Morse code equipment. Exhibits include an introduction to the first transatlantic passenger service and Foynes during the war years.
Dingle Head, Dingle, , Co.Kerry
Gallarus Oratory was built between the seventh and eight century and is the best preserved early Christian church in Ireland. It represents the apogee of dry-stone corbelling, using techniques first developed by Neolithic tomb-makers.
Glengarriff, , Co.Cork
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An Italian Arts and Crafts garden on a 37 acre island in Bantry Bay. The planting benefits from the sea's warmth but suffers from the wind. Harold Peto designed the garden.
The Custom House, Rutland Street, , Co.Limerick
The Hunt Museum exhibits one of Ireland's greatest private collections of art and antiquities. The collection reflects Ireland's celtic past in addition to displaying master works by da Vinci, Yeats and Renoir.
Killarney, , Co.Kerry
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South and west of the town of Killarney in Co. Kerry is an expanse of rugged mountainous country. This includes the McGillycuddy's Reeks, the highest mountain range in Ireland which rise to a height of over 1000 metres.
Chapel Height, Kilmallock, , Co.Limerick
This museum holds a small collection of implements dealing with industrial, farming, rural, shop and home life in the 19th and 20th centuries. It also features scale models of 16th century houses excavated in the area, and a large model of medieval Kilmallock.
Nicholas Street, Kings Island, , Co.Limerick
Explore 800 years of history brought to life in the imaginative historical exhibition, excavated pre-Norman houses, fortifications, siege mines, and the battlement walks.
