A 5th-century priory twice attacked by Munster kings, a carved monk's gravestone locked in a struggle with serpents, a 1575 tower house still bearing its builder's own Middle Irish plaque, the site of Ireland's first peat-fired power station, and the birthplace of a self-taught scientist who became history's first recorded motor vehicle fatality. Looking for things to do in Ferbane? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.
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Stops on This Trail
Gallen Priory
The Gallen Cross
Coole Castle
Ferbane Power Station (site)
Ballylin (Mary Ward's Birthplace)
For Schools
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