Tour Kilmallock and Lough Gur

Kilmallock – Bruff – Grange Stone Circle – Lough Gur – Kilmallock

Suitability: Medium

Way of Transport: Private Car e/o Minivan + Walking Tour

Tour Guide: Giuseppe Giordano tel. +353 (0)83 390 69 66

Available Languages: Italian, English, Spanish and French

Duration: 0.5 day

Highlights:

• Bruff Heritage town and the roots of JFK

• Grange stone circle, Ireland’s largest stone circle with 113 standing stones of Neolithic period.

• Lough Gur with 22 native trees of Ireland, stone forts and reconstruction of Neolithic houses.

Touring Route:

Depart: Kilmallock Deebert House Hotel (Co. Limerick)

Arrival: Kilmallock Deebert House Hotel (Co. Limerick)

• Kilmallock to Bruff via R512

• Bruff to Grange Stone Circle via R512

• Grange Stone Circle to Lough Gur via R512

• Lough Gur to Kilmallock via Lough Gur road, R516, Bulgaden.

• Bulgaden to Kilmallock Deebert House

Key Points of Interests along the tour route

• Kilmallock Collegiate Church, built in the 13th century, with a Round Tower of the 10th century.

• Blossom Gate, one of the 5 gates of town, from 16th century.

• Kilmallock Castle built in the 15th century.

• Kilmallock SS Peter & Paul Church, opened in 1889.

• Bruff Church of Ireland & Graveyard, originally built in 1776, now not in operation.

• Bruff Church, built in 1828 dedicated to St. Peter & Paul.

• The Pike, homestead plot of James Fitzgerald and Honora McCarthy, who get married in Bruff church in 1793.

• New Church – “Teampall Nua”, built by the Countess of Bath at the end of the XVI century.

• The “Giant’s Grave” Megalithic Tomb, a wedge shape gallery tomb from 2.500BC.

• Viewing Point with views over the lake.

• Carraig Aille Ring Fort I & II, two stone ring forts dated to the 8th – 11th centuries.