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Ballon

#1359 among destinations in Ireland

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Alternative names: Population: ~680 pplCoordinates: 52°44'16"N, 6°46'12"W
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Ballon – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Altamont House, Tullow Museum, Huntington Castle, Rathgall Hillfort.

  • altamont house tullow2.1 miE
    Garden, Park

    Altamont House, Tullow

    53 min walk • Altamont House is a historic building best known for its ornamental gardens in County Carlow. The Robinsonian-style gardens are often referred to as "the jewel in Ireland's gardening crown".

  • tullow museum location map
    4.7 miN
    History museum, Museum

    Tullow Museum, Tullow

    119 min walk • Tullow Museum is a local museum in Tullow, County Carlow in Ireland. It documents the history of Tullow town and surrounding area.

  • huntington castle clonegal6 miSE
    Forts and castles

    Huntington Castle, Clonegal

    154 min walk • Huntington Castle, also known as Clonegal Castle, is a castle in Clonegal, County Carlow, Ireland, built in 1625. The structure was originally a "plantation castle", used for defensive purposes during the plantation of the area in the early 17th century.

  • rathgall hillfort6.3 miNE
    Forts and castles

    Rathgall Hillfort

    161 min walk • Rathgall, or the Ring of the Rath is a large multivallate hill fort near the town of Shillelagh. Dating from the Bronze Age, it consists of three roughly concentric stone ramparts with a fourth masonry wall dating from the Medieval period at its centre.

  • croaghaun5.1 miS
    Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

    Croaghaun

    131 min walk • Croaghaun is a mountain in County Carlow, Ireland, one of the Blackstairs Mountains. Croaghaun is the most northerly summit in the Blackstairs Mountains. It is the 603rd highest summit in Ireland.

  • castlemore moat location map
    5 miN
    Archaeological site

    Castlemore Moat

    127 min walk • Castlemore Moat is a motte-and-bailey and National Monument in County Carlow, Ireland.

  • baunogenasraid location map
    5.6 miNW
    Archaeological site

    Baunogenasraid

    144 min walk • Baunogenasraid is an archaeological site and National Monument in County Carlow. The site was excavated in 1972 and discovered to contain a single neolithic burial mound which was expanded into a small cemetery in the early Bronze Age.

  • aghade holed stone location map
    2.4 miNE
    Memorial

    Aghade Holed Stone

    62 min walk • Aghade Holed Stone or Cloghaphoill is a large holed stone and Irish National Monument located in Aghade, County Carlow, Ireland.

Where to next? Visit carlow Carlow region page or discover the top tourist attractions in Ireland.

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