tourist attractions around west kildare town

Located in the former 18th Century Market House, Athy Heritage Centre-Museum bring the history of Athy to life, from its Anglo Norman foundations, through the 1903 Gordon Bennett Motor Race, to Athy Men and World War 1 and the story of local Polar explorer Ernest Shackleton. Which is the only permanent exhibition anywhere devoted to Shackleton. Its highlights include an original sledge and harness from one of his Antarctic expeditions, a 15ft model of Shackleton's ship 'Endurance' and an au...

About the Gardens

The Japanese Gardens of Tully were created between the years 1906 and 1910. Devised by Colonel William Hallwalker, a wealthy Scotsman of a famous brewery family, the Gardens were laid out in their paths of beauty by the Japanese Eida and his son Minoru. Planned to symbolise the life of Man, the landscapes are now of international renown and are acclaimed as the finest Gardens in Europe.
The Irish National Stud Company was formed in 1945. Its primary aim was...