Location hunt around Portlaoise !

sunny2004

Looking for places worth photographing within 30 minutes of Portlaoise?
Landscapes, castles anything of interest, picture postcard type of stuff.

thanks in advance

.Longshanks.

sunny2004 wrote: »

Looking for places worth photographing within 30 minutes of Portlaoise?
Landscapes, castles anything of interest, picture postcard type of stuff.

thanks in advance

Rock Of Dunamaise and the forest the Carlow side of stradbally (forget the name) are both with 5-10 minutes of Portlaoise.

Edit
30-minutes in a car will get you half way to Dublin, to the far side of Offaly and even Tipperary. LOADS of possibilities

sunny2004

Cheers man, I am not familiar with the area at all, so any ideas are good ideas..
I found your first suggestion on the net still looking for image of the second one though..

Thanks

trishw78

Tullamore - Charleville Castle.

nilhg

Emo Court is worth a look, if you're more adventurous you could head up into the Slieve Blooms, GlenBarrow is well worth a visit, it should just fall inside the 30 mins if the snow has melted up there.

hoganpoly

the windy gap is the forest near stradbally,also check out durrow castle,kilkea castle near athy and moore abbey in monasterevin:)

sunny2004

cheers guys

SinisterDexter

Longshanks100 wrote: »

Rock Of Dunamaise and the forest the Carlow side of stradbally (forget the name) are both with 5-10 minutes of Portlaoise.

~ you must have a plane!:p No way would you get from Portlaoise to Stradbally in 10 mins, nevermind up to the forest.

miss5

The Rock of dunamaise is ideal, Closer to offaly you might try
kinnity castle or the ruins of brittas castle, I haven't seen that
photographed often.