🌐 If The Past Could Talk

Swanlinbar Heritage Trail

📍 Cavan🚶 5 stops🚶️ 2.07km⌛ ~45 min

A modernist 1978 Catholic church rebuilt after a 1976 bombing, a Joseph Welland-designed Gothic Revival church, an 18th-century double-arch bridge, and a former Methodist manse — 5 stops through a village once known for its mineral spa on the Cavan-Fermanagh border. Looking for things to do in Swanlinbar? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.

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Stops on This Trail

  1. Long Bridge
  2. Old Manse House
  3. Swanlinbar Presbytery
  4. St Mary's Roman Catholic Church
  5. St Augustine's Church of Ireland Church

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 →