🌐 If The Past Could Talk

Ballinrobe Heritage Walk

📍 Mayo🚶 10 stops🚶️ 3.43km⌛ ~75 min

A ruined Augustinian friary founded before 1337, a cavalry barracks burnt in 1922, a market house where John Wesley once preached, and a Famine-era workhouse — 10 stops through Ballinrobe. Looking for things to do in Ballinrobe? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.

Medieval & CastlesEcclesiasticalGeorgian & Big HousesIndustrial & TransportFamine HeritageRevolutionary & Military
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Stops on This Trail

  1. Ballinrobe Cavalry Barracks
  2. Robe Villa
  3. The Valkenburg
  4. Saint Mary's Catholic Church
  5. Ballinrobe Market House
  6. Saint Mary's Church (now Ballinrobe Library)
  7. Cranmore House
  8. Ballinrobe Union Workhouse
  9. Saint Joseph's Convent of Mercy
  10. Ballinrobe Augustinian Friary

For Schools

This trail is also available as a free printable classroom worksheet or full trail booklet — no site visit required. See how Classroom Prep Mode works →