Indoor play and go-karts
The big barns hold electric go-karts, imaginary-based play areas, a mud kitchen, a crafting space and indoor soccer shootout areas — useful on a wet day.
Castleview Open Farm
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About
A family-run working farm in the Laois countryside, home to over 100 friendly animals plus indoor play barns and outdoor activities for a full family day out.
Things to Do
Outdoor activities along the loop
The extensive walkway links complimentary crazy golf, a maze, multiple playgrounds, a soccer pitch and a fairy garden, with spaced outdoor seating and picnic tables along the way.
Meet the outdoor animals
Follow the walkway past geese, ducks, Pygmy Goats, Zwartble sheep and lambs, alpacas and llamas, donkeys, Highland Cows, Angus heifers, Sika Deer and Kune-Kune pigs. Look out for Briana the Eurasian Eagle Owl and Ebenezer the peacock.
Small animals and baby animals
Indoors is a menagerie of giant rabbits, guinea pigs, lop-eared rabbits and poultry, plus baby animals such as new-born chicks, baby bunnies and lambs that can be bottle-fed in April and May.
Feed the animals
A small bag of chopped carrots to feed the animals is included in every general admission ticket, so children can get hands-on at the enclosures.
Café and farm gift shop
The on-site café serves coffee, tea, ice cream, milkshakes and sweet treats plus hot food such as burgers, vegetarian burgers, chicken selects, cocktail sausages and chips, so there is no need to bring a packed lunch.
Seasonal events
The farm runs themed weekends through the year, including a Halloween pumpkin patch, an Easter egg hunt, Junefest over the June bank holiday and Fields of Fun at the August bank holiday.
Plan Your Visit
- Hours: Seasonal. St Patrick's weekend to end of June and September to mid-November: Saturday and Sunday only, 11am-6pm. July and August: every day except Tuesday, 11am-6pm. Bank holidays 11am-6pm. Opening days vary, so book online to confirm.
- Admission: Adults €9.50, kids €9.50; under 2s and carers free
- Parking: Full car parking facilities on site.
- Food: On-site café serving coffee, tea, ice cream, milkshakes and sweet treats, plus hot food including burgers, vegetarian burgers, chicken selects, cocktail sausages and chips.
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