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The Best Attractions In Straffan

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Steam Museum

The K Club

Straffan Butterfly Farm

Glendalough Monastic Settlement

Bru na Boinne

Trim Castle

Wicklow Mountains National Park

Howth Head

Tayto Park

Straffan is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, situated on the banks of the River Liffey, 25 km upstream of the Irish capital Dublin. With a population, according to the census of 2006, of 439 – an increase since 2002 of 32.2% – Straffan is the 31st most populous centre in County Kildare. The population of Straffan's historical parish increased by 11pc to 1,449 having declined to 518 in 1936 . Straffan is also an electoral division within Celbridge Number 1 Rural Area with a population of 1,449 for the division. At one time a separate parish, it is today joined to the parishes of Celbridge and Celbridge and Newcastle , in the respective Dublin d...
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The Best Attractions In Straffan

1. Steam Museum Straffan
The Steam Museum & Lodge Park Walled Garden is a museum located in Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland.
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2. Straffan Butterfly Farm Straffan
3. The K Club Straffan
The Kildare Hotel and Golf Club is a golf and leisure complex in the Republic of Ireland, located at Straffan, County Kildare, west of Dublin. It is built on the old grounds of the Straffan estate, incorporating the 1830s Straffan House, and is owned by Michael Smurfit.
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4. Wicklow Mountains National Park Glendalough Village
The Wicklow Mountains form the largest continuous upland area in Ireland. They occupy the whole centre of County Wicklow and stretch outside its borders into Counties Dublin, Wexford and Carlow. Where the mountains extend into County Dublin, they are known locally as the Dublin Mountains . The highest peak is Lugnaquilla at 925 metres . The mountains are primarily composed of granite surrounded by an envelope of mica-schist and much older rocks such as quartzite. They were pushed up during the Caledonian orogeny at the start of the Devonian period and form part of the Leinster Chain, the largest continuous area of granite in Ireland and Britain. The mountains owe much of their present topography to the effects of the last ice age, which deepened the valleys and created corrie and ribbon la...
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5. Bru na Boinne Donore
Brú na Bóinne or Boyne valley tombs, is an area in County Meath, Ireland, located in a bend of the River Boyne. It contains one of the world's most important prehistoric landscapes dating from the Neolithic period, including the large Megalithic passage graves of Knowth, Newgrange and Dowth as well as some 90 additional monuments. The archaeological culture associated with these sites is called the Boyne culture. Since 1993 the site has been a World Heritage Site designated by UNESCO, known since 2013 as Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne.
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6. Tayto Park Ashbourne
Tayto Crisps is a crisps and popcorn manufacturer within the Republic of Ireland, founded by Joe Murphy in May 1954. Tayto invented the first flavoured crisp production process. The first two seasoned crisps produced were Cheese & Onion and Salt & Vinegar. Companies worldwide sought to buy the rights to Tayto's technique. Tayto crisps are a cultural phenomenon throughout much of the Republic of Ireland, and Tayto is used by many Irish people, particularly in rural areas, as a metonym for crisps. In November 2010, Tayto opened their own theme park called Tayto Park near Ashbourne.Tayto Crisps manufactured in the Republic should not be confused with Tayto in Northern Ireland, which is a separate brand. The Northern brand of Tayto licensed the name and recipes of the Southern brand, and is wi...
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7. Howth Head Howth
Howth is a village and outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The district occupies the greater part of the peninsula of Howth Head, forming the northern boundary of Dublin Bay. Originally just a small fishing village, Howth with its surrounding once-rural district is now a busy suburb of Dublin, with a mix of suburban residential development, wild hillside and heathland, golf courses, cliff and coastal paths, a small quarry and a busy commercial fishing port. The only neighbouring district on land is Sutton. Howth is also home to one of the oldest occupied buildings in Ireland, Howth Castle. It has been the location for many films. Howth is also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Coolock.
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8. Trim Castle Trim
Trim Castle is a Norman castle on the south bank of the River Boyne in Trim, County Meath, Ireland. With an area of 30,000 m², it is the largest Norman castle in Ireland. Over a period of 30 years, it was built by Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter as the caput of the Lordship of Meath.
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9. Glendalough Monastic Settlement Vale Of Glendalough
Glendalough is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for an Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin.
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Views Around Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland - 13th August, 2017

Views Around Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland - 13th August, 2017.

Maynooth is a university town in north County Kildare, Ireland. Maynooth is located on the R148 road between Leixlip and Kilcock, with the M4 motorway bypassing the town. To read more about Maynooth, click here: .

This film features views around Maynooth, and features the following: Glenroyal Hotel, Dublin to Sligo railway line, Maynooth railway station, Royal Canal, Maynooth Harbour, Royal Canal Way, Bond Bridge, Parson Street, Maynooth University, Front Lawn, Saint Joseph Square, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth University Chapel, Maynooth University Clocktower, Our Lady Queen of Angels, Saint Mary's Square, River Lyreen, Maynooth University Library, Memorial to Pope John Paul II, Maynooth Castle, Distillery, Manor Wheel, St. Mary's Church, Mill Street, Maynooth Pound, The Roost, Leinster Street, Main Street, Straffan Road, Memorial to the 1916 Volunteers, The Square, Dublin Road, Brady's, Tree of Liberty, Carton Avenue, Carton Demesne, Carton House, Rye Water, Carton House Golf Club

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The K Club

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