Welcome to Carlow
Immerse yourself in the story of Ireland’s Ancient East in County Carlow. Get off the beaten track to see, hear, touch and feel the imprints of the millennia of settlers in this county. Take your time to discover it all – Stone Age artefacts, monasteries, medieval castles and large country houses and estates.
Drive leafy roads, explore the meandering River Barrow and Slaney, or the Blackstairs Mountains and Killeshin Hills, that once protected the original inhabitants and nowadays provide unrivalled vistas of Carlow’s lush, green landscape. Take in a festival, try local fresh produce or taste local specialities, many of which trace their roots to ancient times.
Fuair an tionscnamh seo fóir-dheontas ó Coiste um Fhorbairt Pobail Aituil Cheatharlach, Clár Forbartha Tuaithe atá maoinithe ag Rialtas na hÉireann faoi Chlár Forbartha Tuaithe Éireann 2014-2020 agus ag Ciste Talamhaíochta na hEorpa d’Fhorbairt Tuaithe: infheistiú na hEorpa i Limistéir Tuaithe.
This project received grant aid from Carlow Local Community Development Committee under the Rural Development Programme Ireland 2014-2020 which is financed by the Irish Government and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in Rural Areas.
Events
There is more to Carlow than simply its rich Celtic past. It is this dynamic combination of past and present that characterises Carlow’s streetscapes.
Snowdrop Month
Guided Tours 1st-29th February Altamont Gardens | Tullow | Co. Carlow Guided tours each Monday, Wednesday and Friday throughout February, at 2pm, with Head Gardener Paul […]
Snowdrop Gala & Other Spring Treasures
Explore the first flowers of Spring with Scottish and UK speakers Catherine Erskine and Ross Barbour/Helen Picton. Includes full guided tour of Altamont Gardens with Head Gardener Paul Cutler and Specialist Plant Fair in Altamont Plant Sales.
From Carlow Streams
| O Sruthanna Ceatharlach
Songs and recitations written about Carlow and its hinterland
Snowdrops Weekend at Huntington Castle
An original 17th century garden, with charming woodland walks featuring snowdrops and Spring plantings, are available every weekend from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Huntington Garden, Clonegal, Co. Carlow. Tours of the castle are also available.
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Carlow Garden Festival
A Day with the Duckett’s
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Guided tours of the Snowdrop Collection in the Walled Gardens each Saturday from 8th-29th February at 2pm. Meeting point – Altamont Plant Sales. Admission free.
Gardens open from 9am to 4.30pm. Advance booking of group tours requested.
More info https://t.co/RjwUU1f4p0
Delighted that CLONEGAL’S @HuntingtonCastl has been shortlisted for a prize at this year’s Georgina Campbell's @IrelandGuide Irish Breakfast Awards, in association with @Failte_Ireland !
Find out more about these prestigeous awards at https://t.co/DJYthgvugf
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As part of the #Carlow Snowdrop Festival, the grounds at @ShankillCastle will be open every weekend in February!
Enjoy the first signs of spring on their fabulous garden and woodland walks through snowdrops, hellebores and other early spring plants.
Info https://t.co/cxjWGlWBJj
Discover Carlow
This is County Carlow, the hidden Ireland, a green Ireland of country roads and winding lanes, of towpaths and waterways, of mountain trails and forest tracks which lead the visitor through a hinterland of neat friendly villages and well-ordered small towns to ancient monastic sites and archaeological wonders from another age.
Carlow Tours App
This app with many tours of Carlow town and county was developed jointly by Carlow County Council and Carlow Tourism.
