interpretative centre ireland

An audio visual show, lasting twelve minutes, take visitors through the sights and scenes of lake, mountains and towns, and highlights the beauty of this land of legend and wonder....

King House, built by Sir Henry King about 1730 is a house of unique architectural and historical importance.

Situated on the Boyle River, within the town of Boyle, it occupies land formerly controlled by the MacDermot Clan and is the most important provincial town house in Ireland.

Home to the Connaught Rangers regiment from 1788 and the Irish Army since then, recent extensive restoration has brought King House back to its former glory.

With the aid of exciting special...

Croom Mills which is privately owned and managed, is home to an award winning Heritage Centre and fully licensed restaurants, as well as extensive craft and furniture shops, all overlooking the River Maigue. The award winning Visitor Centre, tells the story of grain milling in Ireland, with a 19 minute audio visual presentation and one floor of exhibits. Its shops are stocked with the best of Irish crafts and designs, and unusual gifts from around the world....

The Book of Kells contains a Latin text of the four gospels richly decorated by Irish monks around the year 800 AD. The greatest Irish work of art to survive from the Middle Ages, it has been in the library of Trinity College Dublin since the 1660s.
The ’Picturing the Word’ exhibit will place it in its historical and cultural context and compares its images and techniques to those in contemporary metalwork, bone, slate, stone and enamels. Much of the exhibition is an analysis of its ani...

This former Church of Ireland built in 1819, is on the site of an earlier church dating back to 1754. The heritage centre is sited in the heart of Roscommon near the great complex of monuments at Royal Rathcroghan, the birthplace of Percy French, the ancient Cathedral site if Elphin and a host of other notable antiquities.

The centre houses an interpretative Display on Pagan Celtic Society in Pre-Christian Ireland, on the monuments of Rathcroghan and the display also focuses on the epi...

Palace Stables Heritage Centre is a picturesque Georgian building which encloses a cobbled courtyard set in the undulating parkland of the Palace Demesne. The building has been lovingly restored and brought back to life as a heritage centre, where the visitor can experience stable life in the 18th century....

Associated with famous Ulster-Americans, including John Dunlap, printer of the American Declaration of Independence. Display of 19th century hand printing presses. Audio-visual. National Trust. Wheelchair access....

Back in the mists of time the Irish called it "Uisce Beatha" - "The Water of life".

Now visitors to Ireland can trace the history of the magical spirit - in the unique setting of the Jameson Heritage Centre at Midleton, County Cork....

This beautifully situated centre interprets the local sheep and wool industry and overlooks Killary's lovely natural harbour. Wool handcrafts, including carding, spinning, weaving and the use of natural dyes are all demonstrated. Over 20 different breeds of sheep graze on the lands around the house and visitors will appreciate the harmony between man and animal, when, periodically, a collie dog and a handler gather them.

Local history and places of interest are featured on a continuou...

Ireland's Shannon Region is full of thousands of monuments signalling thousands of years of heritage. From prehistoric times there are stone tombs, megalithic tombs as they are called, some of the most dramatic monuments you are likely to find anywhere in the world....