Nature & Countryside in Carrick on Shannon
Strokestown Park
18th Centuary Mansion with gardens and Famine Museum.
Faithfully restored 18th Centuary mansion. It retains its original furnishings and professionally guided tours allow visitors to experience Georgian Ireland in its purist form.
The Beautifully restored 6 acre Georgian Walled Garden complex gives a unique insight into horticultural practices and garden architecture from the 1740s to the present day.
The Famine Museum uses a combination of original documents and images from the Strokestown Park collection to explain the circumstances of the Great Irish Famine of the 1840's.