Top Things to do in Province of Leinster
Top 8 Mysterious Sites in Province of Leinster, Province of Leinster
Discover the best top things to do in Province of Leinster, Ireland including Baltray Fairy Mounds, Four Knocks, Folklore Park, Fairy village and Proposal Stones, The Nerano Sailor, Nelsons Head, Scherzer rolling lift bridges, Lady Well, Templetown, Aghnaskeagh Portal Tomb Cairn.
Restaurants in Province of Leinster
1. Baltray Fairy Mounds
2. Four Knocks
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By 319jayh - Perth, Australia
We had planned to go to the large, well known, megalithic burial tombs at Bru Na Boinne. But, as well, my partner found out about Four Knocks on the web, so we thought we'd check it out. Glad we did. This is not easy to find on the winding back roads of Ireland, but persist. Then, when you get there you get instructions to a local farmers house to pay a 20 Euro deposit to get a key to go inside. Stick with it and do it. This is a little baby compared to Newgrange and Knowth, but it is almost a 1,000 years older. The carvings are all there to be touched. You can climb around and on a structure that is older than the Pyramids. This is a quirky and fun piece of history that you can't help but be moved by. Strongly recommended.
3. Folklore Park, Fairy village and Proposal Stones
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 10 reviews
Free walk around area along the sea depicting the folklore stories of the area, Proposal stones and fairy village.
4. The Nerano Sailor
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By StephenCr0ss - Dublin, Ireland
Great iconic statute in Nerano House on Nerano in Dalkey. It's a protected statute and was said to guide the sailors and let them set a course. Others claim it was a memorial to their son who was in the navy. 8 feet tall and very colorful and interesting. Traced back to at least 1883 when the Flemings owned the house. At that time the statute was refurbished so could be well over 150 years old. Believed to have been made in Brunswick Street (now Pearse Street). Worth a look.
5. Nelsons Head
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1 reviews
In Ireland, Admiral Horatio Nelson was a figure standing on top of a 134' Doric column in the middle of O'Connell Street. He appeared to symbolise English rule over the waves (an over Ireland). In 1966, on the anniversary of the Easter Rising of 1966, persons unknown, put some plastic explosives under Nelson. Both he and his piller jumped up in the air and came down in smithereens.
6. Scherzer rolling lift bridges
Most bridges which open have a simple means of opening by lifting - but these ones are special- they roll open. They are really quite simple. The idea apparently was first tried in Illinois in 1909. it is believed that the Dublin bridges were constructed in 1911, one spanning over the Royal Canal, and the other at the entrance to Georges dock.
7. Lady Well, Templetown
8. Aghnaskeagh Portal Tomb Cairn
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