The Boyne ValleyVisiting
the Royal County Slane Farm Hostel is perfectly located for visiting the
towns, villages and attractions of County Meath and the Boyne Valley. The area
abounds in heritage sites spanning 5000 years of Irish history, from the neolithic
to the present. There are burial mounds, abbeys, battlefields and castles. Slane
Castle
Slane Castle is the home of The Earl and Countess of Mount Charles
and is well known as a venue for rock concerts every summer, courtesy of the owner,
Lord Henry Mountcharles. More
Info Hill of Slane
A short walk across Slane Farm will
bring you to the hill of Slane where St. Patrick lit his Paschal fire, ceremoniously
announcing the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. More
Info The Battle of the Boyne
Located six miles from the east
of the village of Slane is the site of the famous Battle of the Boyne. More
Info Trim Castle
Trim Castle is the largest remaining Anglo-Norman
castle in Europe and stands at the edge of the area once known as The Pale - the
Anglo-Norman stronghold. More
Info Hill of Tara
The Hill of Tara has been home to druids,
warriors and was the seat of the High Kings of Ireland. The Hill of Tara today
has the ruins of the royal enclosures, and circular mound formations. Kings, poets
and heroes used to gather at Tara every three years. More
Info Brú na Bóinne
At a bend in the River
Boyne, Brú na Bóinne comprises the spectacular passage tombs of
Knowth, Dowth and Newgrange. These cairns were built around 3200BC and so they
are older than Stonehenge in England and the Pyramids of Egypt. More
Info Táin Trail
The Táin Trail is the route
that the armies of Queen Maeve and Cúchulainn followed, where they rested
and where they fought, as outlined in the epic tale An Táin Bó Cuailgne
"The Cattle Raid of Cooley". This saga is over twelve centuries old. More
Info Kells
The town of Kells is famous the world over for
the masterpiece that is the Book of Kells. Although the original is now located
in Trinity College Dublin, facsimile copies can be viewed in Kells Heritage Centre
and also in the Church of Ireland. More
Info Loughcrew
Loughcrew is probably the oldest known graveyard
in the world - predating the Pyramids of Egypt by 2000 years! It is the largest
known complex of megalithic structures in Ireland. It has been suggested that
Cairn T was designed specifically to define the Leap Year Cycle or the Four Year
Equinox. More
Info Castlebellingham
The name Castlebellingham comes from
the fact that the Bellingham family had their home in the village. More
Info Drogheda
Drogheda is one of Ireland's oldest towns.
It is located at the mouth of the River Boyne, in County Louth, and is often described
as the "Gateway to the Boyne Valley" More
Info Monasterboice
Nearby Monasterboice is where the Monasterboice
High Cross (Muiredach’s Cross) and Round Tower can be visited. More
Info Mellifont Abbey
In a sequestered valley four miles
from the village of Slane stands the remains of the once magnificent and celebrated
monastic foundation of Mellifont. More
Info Navan & Dunmoe Castle
Navan is the county town of Meath
and is situated where the rivers Blackwater and Boyne meet. The town, now a busy
market town, grew in importance when in the 12th century, Hugh de Lacy, Lord of
Trim, had walls built around the area where the town is now situated. More
Info Slane Village
The picturesque village of Slane is only
1.5 miles from Slane Farm Hostel, and has many attractive shops, pubs and restaurants.
The village is situated around a cross-roads on each corner of which stands a
large Georgian house. More
Info Francis Ledwidge Museum
Slane is the birthplace of the
poet Francis Ledwidge (1887-1917) and the Ledwidge Cottage Museum in Slane commemorates
the writer. More
Info Slane Farm Hostel
Run by Joanne and Paddy Macken, Slane
Farm Hostel is situated on a working farm which is home to suckler cows, their
calves, and sheep. More
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