Places - Newbridge Town

Mountain bikes parked in front of bike trail coffee shop in Ballinastoe Bike Trails

Parks & Outdoors · Sports & Fitness

Ballinastoe Mountain Bike Trails

Ballinastoe Mountain Bike Trails are a purpose-built trail network near Roundwood in County Wicklow, offering blue, red and black grade mountain biking routes through a scenic forest setting. With singletrack, forest roads, climbs and technical sections, it is one of Ireland’s best-known mountain biking destinations.

Wicklow Mountains · Roundwood

Ruined stone tower house standing in a field at Jigginstown near Naas, County Kildare.

History & Culture

Castle Rag

Castle Rag is a compact medieval tower house at Jigginstown near Naas, probably dating from the 15th century. Standing in pasture west of Jigginstown Castle, it is a rare surviving example of the smaller fortified residences that once formed part of the defensive landscape around the Pale.

Naas · Naas

Parks & Outdoors

Camphill nature trail

Camphill Nature Trail is a community riverside trail at The Bridge Camphill Community in Kilcullen. Developed with volunteer support, the route includes a 750-metre accessible nature trail, planted areas, seating and river views close to the centre of town. Check current access before visiting, as the official page currently lists the trail as closed.

Kilcullen · Kilcullen

Parks & Outdoors

Brookfield Wood

Brookfield Wood is a quiet woodland area near Kildangan and Nurney in County Kildare. Best understood as a local natural feature rather than a formal visitor attraction, it adds woodland character, habitat and seasonal interest to the surrounding rural landscape.

Kildare Town · Kildare Town

History & Culture

Broadleas Stone Circle

Broadleas Stone Circle, also known as The Piper’s Stones, is a large prehistoric stone circle near Ballymore Eustace in County Kildare. Set on a raised grassy platform and surrounded by ash, holly and hawthorn trees, it is one of the county’s most atmospheric ancient monuments.

Kilcullen · Kilcullen

Parks & Outdoors

Brides Well

Bride’s Well is a small historic holy well at Newtown Great near Naas, traditionally associated with St Brigid. The site includes a stone-built spring enclosure, shrine and altar structure, and forms part of County Kildare’s wider landscape of holy wells and devotional heritage.

Naas · Naas

History & Culture

Bran and Sceolan

Bran and Sceolan is a public sculpture in Kildare Town celebrating the legendary hounds of Fionn mac Cumhaill. The artwork connects the modern setting of Kildare Village with the Fenian Cycle, one of Ireland’s great bodies of myth and storytelling.

Kildare Town · Kildare Town

Parks & Outdoors

Boston Hill

Boston Hill is a scenic rural hillside near Oughterard and Ardclough in County Kildare. Closely linked with the wider Oughterard heritage landscape, it offers countryside views and sits near important historic features including Oughterard Round Tower, Oughterard Castle and the Arthur’s Way route.

Kildare Town · Kildare Town

History & Culture

Black Abbey

Black Abbey, also known as Tully Preceptory, is a medieval Knights Hospitaller site near Kildare Town. Its surviving stone tower, ruined walls and graveyard setting make it one of the area’s most atmospheric historic monuments.

Kildare Town · Kildare Town

History & Culture

Tomb of Bishop Walter Wellesley

The Tomb of Bishop Walter Wellesley is a richly carved sixteenth-century monument now preserved in St Brigid’s Cathedral, Kildare Town. Originally from Great Connell Priory near Newbridge, it is one of County Kildare’s most remarkable surviving examples of late medieval stone sculpture.

Kildare Town · Kildare Town

Round stone tower with crenellated top standing on the Hill of Allen beneath a blue sky.

History & Culture

Aylmer’s Folly / Tower of Allen

Aylmer’s Folly, also known as the Tower of Allen, is a nineteenth-century cylindrical stone tower on the Hill of Allen in County Kildare. Built by Sir Gerald George Aylmer, it remains one of the county’s most recognisable historic landmarks.

Newbridge · Newbridge

History & Culture

1798 memorial stone

A small but important monument marking Kilcullen’s connection with the 1798 Rebellion. The memorial offers families a simple way to explore local history, remembrance, and the story of the United Irishmen in County Kildare.

Kilcullen · Kilcullen