Places to visit in County Laois

The Discover Alone map has 3,559 places, people and events in County Laois, Ireland. Most of the places are free to visit. Choose a kind of place, or open the map to see what is near you.

Kinds of place in County Laois

• Archaeology and monuments (1,643)
• Historic places (1,071)
• Memorials and graveyards (239)
• Castles and forts (208)
• Woods, forests and old trees (113)
• Things to do (90)
• Mountains and hills (58)
• Viewpoints and information (45)
• Walking routes (24)
• Caves (6)

Some of the best-recorded places in County Laois

• WhelanhouseTerraced single-bay two-storey house, built c.1850, with historic timber shopfront to ground floor, in use as…
• WellfieldhouseDetached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1905, with enclosed front garden, later extensions to rear and west. Stone…
• Water CastleCastleMud and memory tangled in Water Castle, where a Georgian house swallowed a medieval tower instead of replacing it.…
• Wall monument in BallyadamsWall monumentAbove the mural tablet of the wall monument (LA019-031003-), is an armorial panel, with crest and mantling, bounded by…
• Vicarstown National SchoolschoolDetached nine-bay single-storey national school, built 1867-8; dated 1868, on a symmetrical plan with pair of…
• Turrets (in Ruins)BawnMortar crumbled before muscle could break it, yet the west wall still stands two metres high with gun ports cut for…
• Tullamoy Castle (ruins)CastleTullamoy Castle stands in ruins across County Laois, its stones stripped of roof and purpose. The site still belongs to…
• Town defences in MaryboroughTown defencesThe rectangular wall enclosed Maryborough around 1560, guarding the Fort and forcing every visitor through narrow…
• Tinnakill Castle (in Ruins)Castle — tower houseTinnakill Castle stands as a four-storey limestone ruin in flat Laois countryside, its thick walls and groin vault…
• Timahoe Round TowerExhibitionist figureYou need a camera, not a ladder. Climb the E face to the first floor doorway, drop to the N base, and find the bearded…
• Timahoe Abbey (in ruins)Ecclesiastical siteSt. Mochua founded Timahoe Abbey around 657, and it burned twice before the O'Mores refounded it and the Cosbys turned…
• The Dun of LuggacurrenEnclosureOn bed rock at the highest point. A subcircular area (iam. 30m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth c. 3.5m…