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Heritage Sites (Republic Of Ireland)The Office of Public Works (OPW) is responsible for the Heritage Sites of the Republic of Ireland. It undertakes protection and conservation of Ireland's heritage (specifically buildings and historic sites). The following is a list of Heritage sites in the Republic of Ireland. - Adare Castle - Adare County Limerick - A medieval fortified castle that was an important stronghold of the Earl of Desmond.
- Altamount Gardens - Tullow, County Carlow - Old world garden, Robinsonian in style.
- Ardfert Cathedral - Ardfert, County Kerry - 12th to 17th Century Cathedral.
- Athenry Castle - Athenry, County Galway - 13th Century, 3 Storey Tower house
- Aughnanure Castle - Oughterard, County Galway - 16th Century Tower House.
- Ballyhack Castle - Ballyhack, County Wexford - 15th Century Tower House built by the Knights Hospitallers of St. John
- Barryscourt Castle - Carrigtwohill, County Cork - 15th-16th Century Castle.
- Oldbridge Estate - site of Battle of the Boyne
- Boyle Abbey - Boyle, County Roscommon - 12th Century Cistercian Monastery.
- Bru na Boinne - Donore, County Meath Intrpretataion of the archaeological heritage of the Boyne valley, and the Newgrange and Knowth megalalithic tombs.
- Cahir Castle - Cahir, County Tipperary - 13th - 19th Century Castle.
- Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetry - Carrowmore, County Sligo - Ireland's largest megalithic cemetery with over 60 tombs.
- Castletown, Celbridge, County Kildare - Irish Country house built in 1772 in Palladian style.
- Ceide Fields - Ballycastle, County Mayo - A Stone Age landscape of stone-walled fields, dwellings and tombs for over 5000 years under blanket bog.
- Charles Fort - Kinsale, County Cork - 17th Century Star-Shaped Fort.
- Clonmacnoise - Shannonbridge, County Offaly - 6th Century monastic site with a Cathedral, Round Towers, churches and three high crosses.
- Connemara National Park - Letterfrack, County Galway - 2000 hectare park surrounding the Twelve Bens mountains.
- Coole Vistor Centre - Gort, County Galway, Nature reserve, former home of Lady Gregory, one of the founders of the Abbey Theatre
- Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre - Kenagh, County Longford - an Iron Age bog road, dating from 148BC.
- Derrynane House - Catherdaniel, County Kerry - Ansestral home of Daniel O'Connell.
- Desmond Castle - Kinsale, County Cork - a 16th Century Custom house.
- Desmond Hall - Newcastlewest, County Limerick a 15th Centry Castle.
- Donegal Castle - Donegal, County Donegal - a 15th Century Norman Tower House with the addition of a 17th Century Jaceobean Manor House.
- Doneraile Park - Doneraile, County Cork - an 18th Century landscaped park.
- Dromore Wood - Ennis, County Clare - Nature reserve.
- Dun Aonghasa - Innismore, Aran Islands, County Galway - A prehistoric stone fort.
- Dungarvan Castle - Dungarvan, County Waterford , Castle with a 12th Century shell keep, with curtain wall, corner tower and gate tower.
- Dunmore Cave - Ballyfoyle, County Kilkenny - limestone cave, site of Viking massacre in 928.
External Reference Heritage Sites of Ireland, Pamplet, OPW.
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