🌐 If The Past Could Talk

Killucan & Rathwire Heritage Walk

📍 Westmeath🚶 5 stops🚶️ 1.27km⌛ ~30 min

A village built on a 6th-century monastic site: St Etchen's Church with its Pakenham vault, an 1830s market house that once appeared in a William Trevor film adaptation, a grand derelict rectory, a pair of stonemason-built terraces, and a Norman motte raised by Hugh de Lacy just outside the village. Looking for things to do in Killucan? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.

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🌐 Walk This Trail

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Stops on This Trail

  1. Saint Etchen's Church
  2. Killucan Market House
  3. The Old Rectory
  4. Rathwire Motte and Bailey
  5. Killucan Terraced Houses

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 →