🌐 If The Past Could Talk

Kildavin Heritage Walk

📍 Carlow🚶 5 stops🚶️ 5.06km⌛ ~80 min

A holy well with a coffin-shaped dipping stone tied to a 5th-century saint, the ruined medieval church Cromwell's soldiers levelled in 1650, the Board of First Fruits church that finally replaced it 162 years later, a hillside Catholic church linked to Cardinal Spellman's family, and a six-arch bridge over the Slaney. Looking for things to do in Kildavin? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.

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Stops on This Trail

  1. Cranavane Holy Well
  2. Barragh Church (ruins)
  3. St Paul's Church of Ireland (Barragh)
  4. Saint Lazerian's Catholic Church
  5. New Bridge

For Schools

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