Things to do in Co. Leitrim
3 places
1.Glencar Waterfall
A 50ft cascade that inspired a famous poem
A 15-metre cascade tumbling into a wooded glen beside Glencar Lake - the spot that inspired W.B. Yeats's poem The Stolen Child. A short, easy path leads from the car park straight to the falls.
- Highlights
- 15m (50ft) waterfall in a lush wooded glen
- Inspired W.B. Yeats's The Stolen Child
- Short, accessible walk from the car park
- Facilities
- Good for kids · Restrooms · Wheelchair access
2.Acres Lake Floating Boardwalk
walk across a lake on Ireland's first floating boardwalk
Ireland's first floating boardwalk, a 600 m timber deck that hovers just above Acres Lake, feels more like walking on the water than beside it. It launches a flat, traffic-free 6.5 km trail south along the Shannon Blueway.
- Highlights
- Ireland's first floating boardwalk, built by Waterways Ireland in 2017
- 600 m of dead-level deck hovering just above the lake
- Trailhead of the 6.5 km Shannon Blueway route to Battlebridge Lock
- Facilities
- Good for kids · Wheelchair access
3.Parke's Castle
A 17th-century lakeside castle of Irish oak
A restored 17th-century plantation castle on the northern shore of Lough Gill, rebuilt in Irish oak and set in a quiet lakeside garden. Once home to English planter Robert Parke, it stands on the site of an earlier tower house of Sir Brian O'Rourke.
- Highlights
- Early 17th-century restored plantation castle
- Left-handed Irish oak spiral staircase
- Wall walk over Lough Gill
- Facilities
- Good for kids · Wheelchair access