Guidebook for Maynooth
Food Scene
the best speciality coffee shop in Maynooth. Only good quality beans there and very friendly atmosphere.
The Brewery Coffee House
Straffan Roadthe best speciality coffee shop in Maynooth. Only good quality beans there and very friendly atmosphere.
Vegan and vegetarian fast food take away with few seatings. Always fresh soups and salads selection. Homemade. Good for healthy lunch. Very well priced, below €10.
Beetroot Healthy Food
Vegan and vegetarian fast food take away with few seatings. Always fresh soups and salads selection. Homemade. Good for healthy lunch. Very well priced, below €10.
Great restaurant, great area for walk, large selection of cocktails at the bar.
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Carton House, A Fairmont Managed Hotel
Great restaurant, great area for walk, large selection of cocktails at the bar.
Drinks & Nightlife
Kildare's famous sinking pub, which has punters feeling tipsy after a bottle of Fanta, has been sold.
The iconic pub Roches of Derry has lopsided floors and a fiendishly tilting bar .
In fact, there is hardly a level surface in the entire pub. It means even non-drinkers feel slightly woozy as they make their way back to their table.
The pub dates back to the late 1800s and was built close to Derryvarogue bog at Donadea.
It means the pub has been gradually sinking for more than a century -- an Irish version of Pisa's Leaning Tower.
about 10mins drive from Maynooth. Real country side pub.
Roches Pub
DerrycribKildare's famous sinking pub, which has punters feeling tipsy after a bottle of Fanta, has been sold.
The iconic pub Roches of Derry has lopsided floors and a fiendishly tilting bar .
In fact, there is hardly a level surface in the entire pub. It means even non-drinkers feel slightly woozy as they make their way back to their table.
The pub dates back to the late 1800s and was built close to Derryvarogue bog at Donadea.
It means the pub has been gradually sinking for more than a century -- an Irish version of Pisa's Leaning Tower.
about 10mins drive from Maynooth. Real country side pub.
Parks & Nature
Donadea Forest Park
Carton House Golf Club, Kildare
St. Catherine's Park
Glendalough
Sightseeing
This strange looking structure is called ‘Conolly’s Folly’ and stands 140 feet high. It is composed of several arches and is adorned by stone pineapples and eagles and is topped by a massive obelisk pillar. It was built under the instruction of Katherine Conolly, the philanthropic widow of William ‘Speaker’ Conolly of Castletown House. It provided employment for the poor of Celbridge when the famine of 1740-41 was at its worst. It is sometimes called ‘The Obelisk’ and can be seen from Katherine Conolly’s Castletown House.
About 10 min drive from Maynooth.
Conolly's Folly
This strange looking structure is called ‘Conolly’s Folly’ and stands 140 feet high. It is composed of several arches and is adorned by stone pineapples and eagles and is topped by a massive obelisk pillar. It was built under the instruction of Katherine Conolly, the philanthropic widow of William ‘Speaker’ Conolly of Castletown House. It provided employment for the poor of Celbridge when the famine of 1740-41 was at its worst. It is sometimes called ‘The Obelisk’ and can be seen from Katherine Conolly’s Castletown House.
About 10 min drive from Maynooth.
The College Chapel is one of the most beautiful places of worship in Ireland. The College was founded in 1795 as the National Seminary, and this is the principal Chapel of the College. Over 11,000 priests have been ordained from Maynooth since its foundation, and they have ministered in every parish in Ireland, and most parts of the world.
Built between 1875 and 1891, this Chapel has 454 carved stalls, making it the largest of its kind in the world. Augustus Welby Pugin had designed the adjoining quadrangle in the 1840’s and the Chapel was designed by JJ McCarthy, professor of Architecture at the Catholic University.
St. Patrick's College
Main StreetThe College Chapel is one of the most beautiful places of worship in Ireland. The College was founded in 1795 as the National Seminary, and this is the principal Chapel of the College. Over 11,000 priests have been ordained from Maynooth since its foundation, and they have ministered in every parish in Ireland, and most parts of the world.
Built between 1875 and 1891, this Chapel has 454 carved stalls, making it the largest of its kind in the world. Augustus Welby Pugin had designed the adjoining quadrangle in the 1840’s and the Chapel was designed by JJ McCarthy, professor of Architecture at the Catholic University.
Trim Castle, the largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland, was constructed over a thirty-year period by Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter. Hugh de Lacy was granted the Liberty of Meath by King Henry II in 1172 in an attempt to curb the expansionist policies of Richard de Clare, (Strongbow). Construction of the massive three storied Keep, the central stronghold of the castle, was begun c. 1176 on the site of an earlier wooden fortress. This massive twenty-sided tower, which is cruciform in shape, was protected by a ditch, curtain wall and moat. About 25min by car from Maynooth.
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Trim slott
Castle StreetTrim Castle, the largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland, was constructed over a thirty-year period by Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter. Hugh de Lacy was granted the Liberty of Meath by King Henry II in 1172 in an attempt to curb the expansionist policies of Richard de Clare, (Strongbow). Construction of the massive three storied Keep, the central stronghold of the castle, was begun c. 1176 on the site of an earlier wooden fortress. This massive twenty-sided tower, which is cruciform in shape, was protected by a ditch, curtain wall and moat. About 25min by car from Maynooth.
Arts & Culture
Maynooth Castle
Main StreetGetting Around
Maynooth station
Straffan RoadTrain to Dublin and Sligo every 20-45min.
Maynooth Express Cabs (Taxy App) - Maynooth Taxi Services, Airport Taxi, Bus Hire, VIP Taxi Service
Kelly's LaneAvis Car Hire Dublin City Centre
39 Old KilmainhamDublin Airport
Essentials
Tesco Extra
Dublin RoadALDI
7 Parnell StLidl
Straffan Road