🌐 If The Past Could Talk

Rochfortbridge Heritage Walk

📍 Westmeath🚶 5 stops🚶️ 1.67km⌛ ~35 min

A 1186 Norman motte-and-bailey castle whose Tyrrell lords held it for four centuries, two nineteenth-century churches — one Board of First Fruits, one with possible Mayer of Munich glass — a 1955 Bord na Móna workers' estate designed by Frank Gibney, and the bridge over the River Derry that gave the whole village its name. Looking for things to do in Rochfortbridge? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.

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Stops on This Trail

  1. Christ Church (Castlelost)
  2. Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception
  3. Castlelost Castle (motte-and-bailey)
  4. Derrygreenagh Park
  5. Rochfort Bridge & River Derry

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 →