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free visit to opw sites on wednesday

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  • 01-08-2011 10:14am
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    tipptom
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    The OPW is doing free visits every first wednesday of the month for 2011,headind for rock of cashel on wednesday,please tell me i have not misread this.


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    snubbleste
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    Already been posted twice.


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    lindtee
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    I had forgotten about this, thanks OP. Think I will head somewhere on wednesday:)


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    [Deleted User]
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    Just remembered after paying into the national heritage park today! Wonder of it's included?

    Anyone recommend any sites around Wexford/Waterford?


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    dowtchaboy
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    Went down to Charlesfort at Kinsale last Wed - absolutely free. Well laid out and lots of good information from the guides.
    The coffee shop is a tad dear though.

    PS - James Fort across the water is worth a visit - esp if you have dogs - you can ramble around the outside where on Saturday evening we met people playing footie, a well-endowed girl doing some sort of "glamour" shoot (she pulled her top on rapidly as we strode round the corner and her (female) photographer gave us a glare that would stop an elephant) and it looks like a place you could set up camp discreetly. The fort itself is sortof unofficially open - maybe just mornings?


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    Decoda
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Just remembered after paying into the national heritage park today! Wonder of it's included?

    Anyone recommend any sites around Wexford/Waterford?

    Hi Whoops,

    John F Kennedy Aboreteum and Tintern Abbey are also OPW sites included in the "Free on Wednesdays" scheme and are well worth a visit. Unfortunately I don't think The National Heritage Park is an OPW managed site so I don't think that it qualifies but I could be mistaken (wouldn't be the first time :D). Close by but not in Wexford is the Glendalough Visitors Centre in Wicklow or Reginalds Tower in Waterford.

    The complete list of free access sites can be seen at the following link

    http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/

    Enjoy

    DC


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    Rafa1977
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Just remembered after paying into the national heritage park today! Wonder of it's included?

    Anyone recommend any sites around Wexford/Waterford?

    In Waterford I would recommend Reginalds Tower, not sure what its like now, but when I was younger I loved going in there.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Thanks guys, heading down Waterford way tomorrow so will try to get to some of those wednesday!

    FWIW, the National Heritage Park is excellent - even if you have to pay :p


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    tipptom
    Registered Users Posts: 4,219 ✭✭✭tipptom


    Went to the rock of cashel yesterday with the kids and we all really enjoyed it,nice to see tourists coming in with their wallets out and being told it was free in for the day,good PR scheme for the OPW to be fair to them.


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