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The Hill of Slane
The Hill of Slane, easily accessible, provides a vantage point from which to view a landscape containing some of Ireland’s most historic sites. There is much to stimulate the imagination and to speculate about concerning the hill itself.
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Slane Castle
Slane Castle is one of Ireland’s most important stately homes. Overlooking the River Boyne, it has been the home of the Conyngham family for over 300 years. When much of the castle was destroyed by fire in 1991, The Earl of Mount Charles, eldest son of the 7th Marquess Conyngham, and his wife undertook an extensive ten-year restoration programme. The castle re-opened for guided tours in 2001.
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Ledwidge Cottage
The Ledwidge Cottage on the Drogheda road where Ledwidge was born in 1887. This museum illustrates the life and times of the poet who grew up in poverty, left school aged 13, worked as a farm labourer, a houseboy, a road worker and a miner before enlisting in the army, only to be killed near Ypres on 31st July 1917. His richly lyrical poetry, describing ordinary everyday life in the early 20th century countryside of the Boyne valley, is highly regarded.
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Newgrange
Ireland's best-known collection of prehistoric monuments,designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO,is 5km down-stream from Slane.
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Site developed by Paudie Wall, Slane, +353 (0)86 1740974
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