tourist attractions new ross

Dedicated to the memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, President of the United States from 1960 - 1963, the arboretum is a plant collection of international standing. It covers 252 hectares (623 acres) on the southern slopes and summit of Slieve Coillte.

It contains 4,500 types of trees and shrubs from all temperate regions of the world, planted in botanical sequence. There are 200 forest plots grouped by continent. A road provides access to the summit at 271m from which there are panor...

Dating back to 1170 Dunbrody is an excellent example of a Cistercian Monastery in Ireland. It's located about 8 miles south of the County Wexford town of New Ross.
The site of the ruins of Dunbrody Castle now houses a craft shop with quality hand-made local crafts. There is a small museum within the tearooms with family information and a very large dolls house - a scale replica of the castle. There is a small pitch and putt course and a full size hedge maze - one of only two in Ireland...

A Cistercian Abbey built in 1200 AD. Currently under restoration. Founded by William the Earl Marshal, in fulfillment of his promise - made when on a stormy sea voyage - to do so if the Lord spared him....

New Ross is the ancestral home of JFK and in the town you can see a life size bronze statue of President JFK. It was unveiled on the 45th anniversary of his visit to Ireland. This is the only statue of JFK in Ireland.
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The Dunbrody Famine Ship is a full scale replica of the three-masted barque that transported many Irish emigrants to the US and Canada over 150 years ago (between 1845 and 1870). One such emigrant was Patrick Kennedy, great grandfather of President John F Kennedy, who departed our shores in 1848.
The original Dunbrody was built in Quebec, Canada, in 1845 for the Graves family of New Ross. Features include a number of exhibitions and visitors can also experience life on board the Dunbrod...