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Our History and Heritage category brings all Coast Radar’s Wicklow listings related to looking for something to do or a place to visit together where they offer some form of historic or heritage based activity.

Finding the best things to see and do on a Wicklow day out with your family or friends is easy – simply explore the historic and heritage links below, hit the jump to my location button or use the search bar to plan your next Wicklow activity.

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Russborough House and Parkland

Russborough House is a stately house reputed to be the longest house in Ireland, with a frontage measuring 210 m/700 ft. The house is an example of Palladian architecture, designed by Richard Cassels for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown and built between 1741 and 1755. The interior of the house contains some ornate plasterwork on the ceilings by the Read more…
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Glendalough Cathedral

Glendalough cathedral has undergone many transformations during the ages and this can be seen within the ruins. Read more…
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Black Castle

The Black Castle is ruin situated ina rocky promontory on the eastern side os Wicklow harbour. Access is a short walk from Wicklow Town itelsef by heading out on South Quay. Read more…
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Avondale House

Avondale House was built in 1777 for Samuel Hayes, a barrister who wrote a book on Irish Forestry and was a pioneer of the re-afforestation of Ireland, planting many thousands of trees on the estate. He bequeathed it to his friend and fellow MP Sir John Parnell in 1795 and this is the birthplace and home of Charles Stewart Parnell Read more…
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Wicklow Historic Gaol

Wicklow Gaol was originally built in the late eighteenth century though there has been a jail on the site since 1702. The Goal tells the story of its prisoners through an interactive tour led by experience guides. The Goal is over three stories with walls of thick granite slabs and rubble stone. Read more…