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THE SPIRES
Self Catering Portlaoise
The Spires is set on 4 acres in an 18th century walled garden & orchard less than a mile form the picturesque village of Stradbally.
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Holiday Homes Laois
Laois is a very beautiful county and has the rivers Nore and Barrow, along with the Castlecomer Plateau and Slieve Bloom Way, which is one of Ireland’s famous walk ways. Laois has much to attract the visitor. Visit the Round Tower at Timahoe or the Ramanesque door at Killeshin old church. Beautiful grounds are to be seen at Gandon House at Emo and the Lutyens gardens at Heywood.
There are reminders in Portarlington of its Huguenot roots, Mountmellick is famous for its lace, and the towns of Durrow and Abbeyleix, the latter a heritage town, have their own special character. Stradbally is famous for its Steam Rally and Museum, and the famous Electric Picnic Festival takes place there every September. Worth a visit is the Donaghmore Famine Museum and the Fly Fishing Museum in Attanagh. Stay in one of our superior 4* self catering Laois holiday homes in Stradbally, at The Spires.
Self Catering Laois - Travel Highlights
Emo Court House and Gardens
Emo Court was designed by the architect James Gandon in 1790 for the Earls of Portarlington and is a magnificent example of the neo - classical style. The house is surrounded by beautiful gardens and parkland and contains formal lawns, a lake and woodland walks with many fine trees and shrubs.
Ballyfin House
Ballyfin House is possibly one of the finest neoclassical houses in the country. It was built in 1821-6. On entering through the formal entrance hall, one is confronted by a magnificent suite of rooms. The grounds of the house were landscaped by Sutherland and include fine trees, vistas, ice caves, a grotto, a serpentine lake, a tower folly and three gate lodges. Outside the gate are the old rectory and two smaller houses.
Abbeyleix Heritage House
This museum at Heritage House will transport you back in time allowing you to journey with the pre-Christian warring tribes of Laois, witnessing their conversion to Christianity and the rise of monastic Laois. Learn of the Norman influence, the suppression of the monasteries at the hands of Henry viii and our progress through plantations. Learn how an enterprising landlord created much needed work for women and in a landlocked county exported carpets worldwide even carpeting the staterooms of the ill-fated Titanic.
Mountmellick Museum
The main focus of the museum is to conserve and display the original pieces of Mountmellick's rich Quaker industrail past. The original embroidery designs were creaed in 1825 and were inspired by the flora and fauna on the banks of the River Owenass. The museum is the perfect attraction for passing visitors or holiday makers in the area.
The Sensory Gardens
The Sensory Gardens will appeal to everybody by the stimulation of all the five senses: vision, smell, touch, taste and sound. Set in the walled gardens of the Brigidine Convent, Abbey Sense Gardens is the first of its kind in Ireland. This is a garden with a history, which provides a peaceful haven of spiritual and sensory nourishment and contemplation for all visitors.
Irish Fly Fishing and Game Shooting Museum
The only fishing and hunting museum of its kind in Europe. Over four thousand exhibits with many rare artefacts tracing the development of hunting, shooting and fishing through the ages.
Donaghmore Famine Workhouse Museum
Donaghmore Famine Workhouse Museum aims to tell the story of the families who lived and died within the Famine Workhouse walls before, during and after the Great Famine. The Museum uses guided and self-guided tours combined with various exhibits to explain the socio-economic conditions which led to the establishment of this and other Workhouses.
You will get to see the original dormitories, a kitchen and a waiting hall, all restored. When destitute people arrived at the workhouse they were examined in the waiting hall by the medical officer. Here they were washed and clothed in the workhouse dress.
Recommendation
Activities
- Horse-drawn caravanning
- Fine golf courses
- Fishing
- Equestrian and pony trekking
- Hiking – Castlecomer Plateau and The Slieve Bloom Way
Getting here
- Dublin Airport (108km)
- Rosslare Europort (129km)
- Shannon Airport (128m)
- Cork airport (165km)
- Cork Port (159km)
