Sights in Abbeyleix
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Heritage House
This museum in an old school building at the northern end of Main St details the town's colourful history. One room looks at the town's carpet-making legacy – the Turkish-influenced carpets once made here were chosen to grace the floors of the Titanic – while another showcases the Mulhall Collection, a fascinating selection of memorabilia from the Morrissey family who ran the town's renowned shop and pub from 1775 to 2004. The centre also has a variety of tourist information and a great playground next door.
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Heywood Gardens
Southeast of town, these lavish gardens were landscaped by Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll and were completed in 1912. The centrepiece is a sunken garden, where circular terraces lead down to an oval pool with a magnificent fountain.
The gardens are 7km southeast of Abbeyleix, off the R432 to Ballinakill, in the grounds of Heywood Community School.
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Abbey Sense Gardens
Garden lovers should also make their way to this sensory playground set in the walled gardens of a Brigidine convent. The vibrant planting, wind chimes, humming stone and fragrant blooms aim to stimulate all the senses and are the first of their kind in Ireland.
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