o carolan country tour

O'Carolan Country Tour One day Tour 120km This tour starts from the attractive riverside and marina town of Carrick on Shannon. Drive towards Boyle and visit the Lough Key Forest Park with its numerous facilities from lakeside restaurant and caravan park to boating and nature trails. Discover the 13th century Boyle Abbey in Boyle town. Then on by Lough Key's Doon Shore, enjoy the magnificent view of this island studded lake, to Carrigeenroe and by the east shore of Lough Arrow to Riverstown and to Dromahair. The next town is Drumkeeran, where you drive south by the western side of lough Allen to busy Drumshanbo. From here the route takes you to the mountain scenery of Arigna and on to Deadue where O'Carolan, the last of the Irish bards is buried. Turlough O'Carolan, (1670-1738) the composer of the melody 'The Star Spangled Banner' travelled this area from his home in Alderford House. Ballyfarnan, where he lived with his patrons, the McDermot Roe family.