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Georgian building with restaurant and competitively priced en suite
accommodation. Open 7am–9pm seven days a week.
KILLENARD
Killenard is a charming village, located close to Portarlington, just off
the main Dublin-Cork road. The new superb Heritage Golf and Country
Club is located here and offers a magnificent championship golf club,
designed by Seve Ballesteros and Jeff Howes Design. The Seve
Ballesteros Natural Golf School is only the third of its kind in the
world. It also features Ireland’s first indoor bowls stadium and
exhibition centre. Tel: (0502) 45994 or visit
www.theheritagegolf.com.
MOUNTMELLICK
Founded as a Quaker community, Mountmellick has always been a
town associated with great industry and prosperity and in the late
18th century became known as the ‘Manchester of Ireland’. Its
enterprise is still exemplified by the Mountmellick Development
Association, which commissioned the conversion of a grain mill into a A view of the Laois countryside.
Business Park/Enterprise Centre for industry wishing to locate there.
publicbuilding places of interest
Mountmellick Museum, Irishtown, Mountmellick, Co. Laois. Tel: (057)
DID YOU KNOW…?
862 4525; Fax: (057) 864 4343; Email:
themuse@mdasiltd.ie;
THE OLD JAIL IN PORTLAOISE TOWN CENTRE HAS BEEN
Web:www.mountmellickdevelopment.com. Mountmellick Museum
RECENTLY RESTORED TO CREATE A MULTI-PURPOSE ARTS CENTRE,
officially opened its doors in October 2003. The Museum aims to
WHICH REGULARLY HOSTS A VARIETY OF CULTURAL DELIGHTS.
conserve and display original pieces of Mountmellick Work
(Embroidery) and to preserve the memory of Mountmellick’s rich
Quaker industrial past. Mountmellick Embroidery is the only form of MOUNTRATH
white on white embroidery from the 19th Century which can claim to Mountrath was a prominent industrial town in the 17th century, with a
be entirely Irish in origin and design. The Museum stocks the fabric, thriving ironworks, cotton mill and tannery. Today it is a small market
thread, needles and patterns and books. Group and one-to-one town which provides an excellent base for exploring the Slieve Bloom
workshops are provided on demand and are tailored to your needs. All mountains or fishing in River Mountrath. St Fintan’s Catholic Church
materials are included. Classes are also held one night a week from is a fine example of elaborate Gothic Revival architecture and is worth
September through till April. a visit.
guestrooms accommodation
Roundwood House, Mountrath, Co. Laois. Tel: (057) 873 2120; Fax:
(057) 873 2711; Email:
roundwood@eircom.net; Web:
www.roundwoodhouse.com. Return to an era when leisure, grace and
beauty symbolised the good life. Roundwood House is a fine example
of a Palladian Villa from the early Georgian period. Surrounding it are
18 acres of pasture, woodland and gardens. There are six large
double/twin bedrooms in the main house. In the older house which
dates from c.1650, there are four more double rooms, all with en
suite bathrooms. Roundwood is found nestling at the foot of the Slieve
Bloom Mountains. It is 5km from the main N7 Dublin/Limerick road
at Mountrath (1.5 hours from Dublin and 1.5 hours from Shannon)
and is a perfect base for touring the midlands.
PORTARLINGTON
Founded in 1666, Portarlington was once home to a thriving colony of
Laois Castle. French Huguenots and the separate schools built for its French and
Mountmellick Museum,
Roundwood House
Irishtown,
Roundwood House, Mountrath, Co. Laois.
Mountmellick,
Co. Laois.
Tel: 057 862 4525
Fax: (057) 864 4343
Tel: (057) 8732120 Fax: (057) 8732711
Email:
themuse@mdasiltd.ie
Email:
roundwood@eircom.net
Web:www.mountmellickdevelopment.com Web:
www.roundwoodhouse.com
Roundwood House is a perfect base for touring the
midlands and enjoying good food, good wine and
Mountmellick Embroidery is the conversation. There is an interesting collection of
paintings, pictures, books and furniture in the house.
only form of white on white embroidery Croquet and Boule are played at Roundwood and the
house boasts 18 acres of pasture, woodland and
from the 19th Century which can claim to gardens, and outbuildings to explore. There are many
golf courses in the area and walking in the Slieve
be entirely Irish in origin and design. Bloom is a delight.
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