VISITOR INFORMATION
| Weekend Programme Directions: Strokestown is located 144km (90miles) from Dublin, 23km (14 miles) from Longford, on the N5. Strokestown Park is well-signposted in the town. There is a Bus Eireann service from Dublin to Strokestown. The nearest railway stations are at Roscommon and Longford. Strokestown town: Strokestown is a small town with the following facilities – pharmacies, groceries, newsagency, pubs, take-aways, hotel, BnB, church etc. Other Sporting/Leisure Activities nearby For gentle exercise on Sunday try a walk up the local Slieve Bawn Mountain, the highest hill in Co. Roscommon and apparantly the highest mountain in the world, except that most of it is underground! The circuit takes about one hour, two hours on post-marathon legs! A beautiful tranquil walk far from the muck is on the Rinn Duin peninsula, near Lecarrow, Co. Roscommon, where there is a deserted Norman walled town on the edge of Lough Ree with a new waymarked way around it. Circuit takes from 1 1/2 hours to infinity. For the archaeology and heritage buffs only 10 mins from Strokestown is one of the newly proposed World Heritage sites – Rathcroghan – and the associated interpretative centre at Tulsk. see www.cruachanai.ie |
