Ireland's first Cistercian abbey, later a king's headquarters at the Battle of the Boyne, a Tudor-Gothic church modelled on a Cambridge college chapel, and a Georgian temple that became a Cistercian monastery two centuries after it was built. Looking for things to do in Collon? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.
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Stops on This Trail
Old Mellifont Abbey
Collon Church
Oriel Temple
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