St Mullins Monastery

Top choice in Counties Wexford, Waterford, Carlow & Kilkenny


This important monastic site, founded in the 7th century by St Moling, was the burial place of the Kings of Leinster. Its remains include four church buildings dating from the 10th to the 15th centuries, a round tower stump and a 9th-century high cross. Nearby is the grave of General Thomas Cloney, a hero of the 1798 Rising, and a monument raised by 'St Mullins exiles in New York', marking the tomb of Art, King of Leinster (1357–1416).


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Nearby Counties Wexford, Waterford, Carlow & Kilkenny attractions

1. St Mullins Heritage Centre

0.03 MILES

The former Church of Ireland in the heart of the St Mullins monastic site houses an exhibition on the life of St Moling, and on the history of the…

2. Duiske Abbey

3.78 MILES

Founded in 1204, this was once Ireland's largest Cistercian abbey, and is still very much a working parish church. In the grounds stand two Celtic high…

3. Woodstock Gardens

5.55 MILES

Thickly wooded Woodstock Gardens is a beauty of a park with huge landscaped terraces, a walled garden, an arboretum (including two 40m-tall redwoods),…

4. Dunbrody Famine Ship

6.66 MILES

Called 'coffin ships' due to their fatality rate, the leaky, smelly boats that hauled a generation of Irish emigrants to America are reimagined on board…

5. Borris House

7.73 MILES

This impressive Tudor Gothic mansion, the ancestral home of the McMorrough Kavanaghs, High Kings of Leinster, was modelled in 1810–20 around the earlier…

6. Kilfane Church

9.19 MILES

About 3km north of Thomastown, east of the R448, is a small, ruined 13th-century church and Norman tower, signposted 50m off the road. The church contains…

7. Jerpoint Abbey

9.8 MILES

One of Ireland’s finest Cistercian ruins, Jerpoint Abbey was established in the 12th century, with the tower and cloister dating from the late 14th or…

8. Goatsbridge Trout Farm

10.12 MILES

Goatsbridge trout is sold across Ireland and beyond, and here you can visit the source. Guided one-hour tours of the fish farm show you the ponds and…

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