Ireland - The Midlands
The Midlands is dominated by the River Shannon, which meanders through fields and forests, drawing boaters and fishers in shoals. Plush hotels and gourmet restaurants have sprung up along its banks, making it a wonderfully scenic and surprisingly cosmopolitan way to travel.
- slow down a gear and discover the rolling landscapes along the Shannon–Erne Waterway
- contemplate the lost land of saints and scholars at Ireland’s finest monastic site, Clonmacnoise
- join in the locally sourced, seasonal-food revolution sweeping the Midlands at the Gallic Kitchen in Abbeyleix
Coverage includes: County Leitrim & Around, Carrick-on-Shannon, County Roscommon, Roscommon Town, Strokestown & Around, Boyle & Around, County Longford, County Westmeath, Athlone, Lough Ree & Around, Kilbeggan & Around, Mullingar & Around, County Offaly, Birr, Kinnitty, Banagher & Around, Shannonbridge, Clonmacnoise, Tullamore, Durrow Abbey, Clara, County Laois, Abbeyleix, Durrow, Slieve Bloom Mountains, Mountmellick, Portarlington, Emo Court, Rock of Dunamaise and Timahoe.
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