Sights in Mullingar & Around
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animal sanctuary
The gardens of Belvedere House, with their Victorian glasshouses and lakeshore setting, make for wonderful walking on a sunny day. Kids will enjoy tram rides around the grounds, which hold an animal sanctuary full of donkeys, ponies and goats. Note that the last admission to both the house and gardens is one hour prior to closing.
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ecclesiastical museum
There's a small ecclesiastical museum over the sacristy, entered from the side of the church, which contains vestments worn by St Oliver Plunkett.
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Belvedere House & Gardens
Don't miss magnificent Belvedere House, an immense 18th-century hunting lodge set in 65 hectares of gardens overlooking Lough Ennell. More than a few skeletons have come out of Belvedere's closets: the first earl, Lord Belfield, accused his wife and younger brother Arthur of adultery. She was placed under house arrest here for 30 years, and Arthur was jailed in London for the rest of his life. Meanwhile, the earl lived a life of decadence and debauchery. On his death, his wife emerged dressed in the fashion of three decades earlier, still protesting her innocence.
Lord Belfield also found time to fall out with his other brother, George, who built a home nearby. Ireland's…
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Rockfield Ecological Estate
This secluded organic farm is set around a beautiful Georgian house and runs crafts courses and arts events as well as farm tours. To get here head north 24km of Mullingar along the N4 to Rathowen from where the farm is signposted.
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Cathedral of Christ the King
Mullingar's most obvious landmark is this immense church, built just before WWII. It has large mosaics of St Anne and St Patrick by Russian artist Boris Anrep, as well as a small ecclesiastical museum.
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Jonathan Swift Park
Lough Ennell is renowned for its brown trout and coarse fishing. It's also the area where Jonathan Swift first dreamed up Gulliver's Travels (1726), hence its park's name, Jonathan Swift Park. The park is 10km south of Mullingar on the N52.
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Mullingar Pewter Visitor Centre
Pewterware is Mullingar’s best-known export. At the Mullingar Pewter Visitor Centre, you can tour the factory floor (h9.30am-4pm Mon-Thu, 9.30am-3.30pm Fri) and see artisans turning the matt-grey metal into goblets, tankards, candle sticks and objets d’art. The centre is about 6km southeast of Mullingar on the Dublin road (N4).
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Belvedere House Gardens & Park
Don’t miss the magnificent Belvedere House Gardens & Park, an immense 18th-century hunting lodge set in 65 hectares of gardens overlooking Lough Ennell. More than a few skeletons have come out of Belvedere’s closets: the first earl, Lord Belfield, accused his wife and younger brother Arthur of adultery. She was placed under house arrest here for 30 years, and Arthur was jailed in London for the rest of his life. Meanwhile, the earl lived a life of decadence and debauchery. On his death, his wife emerged dressed in the fashion of three decades earlier, still protesting her innocence.
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