Local Attractions

The Rathcroghan Visitor Centre is located in Tulsk Village. Here you can experience the home of Celtic Warrior Queen Maeve, the Goddess Morrigan, the Cattle Raid of Cooley, and seat of Gaelic Royalty – this is the Land of Legends for over 5,000 years.

The Douglas Hyde Interpretative Centre is located on the Longford to Westport road (N5). It is a 5 minute drive from the small village of Frenchpark and is visible from the roadside. Douglas Hyde was first President of Ireland and co-founder of Conradh Na Gaeilge (the Gaelic League).

Strokestown Park House is a Palladian style Georgian house in Strokestown, County Roscommon, Ireland, set on about 300 acres (120 ha). Privately managed by the Westward Group, the house and National Famine Museum which occupies its former out buildings are both open to the public.

King House is a restored Georgian Mansion in Boyle, Co, Roscommon. It is a unique visitor centre that not only tells the story of this important house as a home to the King family and later a barracks to the Connaught Rangers, but also displays important cultural collections and Irish history exhibitions.

This Cistercian monastery was founded in the twelfth century by monks from Mellifont Abbey under the patronage of the local ruling family, the MacDermotts. It was one of the most powerful of the early Cistercian foundations in Ireland and among the foremost in Connacht.

Roscommon Castle is a dramatic and imposing 13th Century Norman Castle. Today, the Castle’s past can be explored while enjoying the adjacent Loughnaneane Park and Playground, a 14 acre recreational area. The natural features of the park include a turlough and a wildlife conservation area which is a habitat of unique flora and fauna.

A superb example of one of the Historic Houses Ireland. Although Clonalis House has been sensitively restored and beautifully decorated, history pervades this Victorian Italianate mansion.

Castlerea Railway Museum was born from the boyhood dream of Sean Browne, a longtime railway enthusiast who devoted his interest to the preservation of a disappearing part of Irish transport history.

Elphin Windmill is a fully restored 18th century windmill. Being over 300 years old, Elphin Windmill is the oldest windmill in Ireland and the only one of its kind in the West of Ireland.