Ardnageeha is located about 3.5 km south west of Cong on a minor road via Ashford Castle (off Cong/Cornamona Road). This was an area much loved by Lord and Lady Ardilaun which prompted Lord Ardilaun to build a chalet ...

Clonbur Wood is about 1.5 km north of Clonbur village towards Cong on the R345 road, on the south shore of Lough Mask. There is an entrance at Burkes Garage of Clonbur. These lands were formerly part of the Ashford or ...

Location: Adjacent to Cong village near the Abbey grounds. The last of the High Kings of Ireland, Rory O'Connor, lived across the river in the old abbey for the final years of his life and reign. This area incorporate ...

Coole Park was once the home of Lady Augusta Gregory (1852 - 1932) -- a famous dramatist, co-founder of the Abbey Theatre in Ireland and a friend of the poet William Butler Yeats. Coole Park is now a national park ope ...

Kilcornan is near the village of Clarinbridge, south of Galway on the N18 to Limerick road. The site was formerly part of Reddington Estate. There are ruins of a church and a monument on the site. Facilities: Kilcornn ...

This public woodland adjoins the east side of Monivea village. Facilities include about 5km of forest walks and shooting by permit. The Illaclogher River runs nearby. A number of trails lead off the road to the mausol ...

Mountbellew Demesne is about 1 km west of Mountbellew. The Bellews family received this old estate in 1684 under the Act of Settlement. They erected a flour mill in 1775 which is now in ruins. Facilities here include wal ...

Location: To get to Pigeon Hole Wood drive 2km west of Cong village on the R345 to Clonbur and then turn left for 1 km. You also find it on discovery map number 38, grid reference M 143 553. Facilities: Picnic site, s ...

Portumna Forest Park is adjacent to Portumna on the northern shore of Lough Derg. The name Portumna derives from the Irish Port Omna, meaning the landing place of the oak tree. Portumna Forest Park was acquired in 194 ...