The Meeting of the Waters, celebrated in Thomas Moore's 1807 poem, Ireland's oldest working woollen mill, a French Gothic parish church and Ballykissangel filming location, Holy Trinity Church at Castlemacadam, and the disused Avoca copper and sulphur mines worked for over 250 years — 5 stops through a Wicklow valley village. Looking for things to do in Avoca? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.
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Stops on This Trail
The Meeting of the Waters
Avoca Handweavers Mill
Church of Saints Mary and Patrick
Holy Trinity Church, Castlemacadam
Avoca Copper and Sulphur Mines
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