King House stands at the eastern end of the main street. This residence was probably designed for Sir Henry King by William Halfpenny, one of Edward Lovett Pearce's assistants, around 1730. A fourth wing was probably intended to close the courtyard. ..

The ruins belong to a Cistercian institution founded in 1161 by monks from Mellifont. The church is a remarkable example of Saint Benedict's preferred architecture: an amalgam of the Romanesque and the Gothic. Its buildings were damaged by Cromwell's..

In the 18C, numerous ornamental trees were planted in this 350 ha park, landscaped by Humphry Repton. A nature trail leads past the Wishing Chair and over the Fairy Bridge, built in 1836 out of local stone, ending up in the Bog Garden, where an abund..