At this not-for-profit ecology centre, 10km southeast of Drogheda in Laytown on an 18th-century former farm, you can wander through a walled organic garden, visit a beekeeping museum, take a biodiverse nature trail and river walk that incorporates wetlands, woodlands and grasslands, and browse its garden shop. It also hosts various courses, from home detox workshops to wild-food foraging.
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Counties Meath, Louth, Cavan & Monaghan
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This tiny 15th-century tower house once belonged to a wealthy landowner. Pick up the key from the first house to its right.