Heritage Centres
Trim Visitor Centre & Tourist Office
Address: Town Hall, Castle Street, Trim, Co. Meath
Tel: +353 (0) 46 943 7227
Fax: +353 (0) 46 943 8053
Email: trimvisitorcenter@eircom.net
In the Art Deco building beside Trim Castle is the Trim Visitor Centre. here is the 'Power & Glory' Multimedia exhibition painting a vivid picture of the historical background of the magnificent medieval ruins of Trim. The audio visual is available in English, French, Italian and German and is suitable for all ages.
The visitor centre offers a wide range of books, gifts, accommodation and tourist guides as well as quality craftwork from Meath and Ireland. The Coffee Shop 'The Ramparts' offers fresh home cooked food and serves lunch, home baking and speciality teas/ coffees and food 7 days.
Ramparts Coffee Shop at Trim Visitor Centre
Bowl of delicious home made soup with a sandwich of your choice with 2 fillings only 5 euro
Audio Visual: The Power & The Glory
Admission: Adult: 3.20; OAP: 2.20; Student 1.90; Child 1.50
Group rate: Adult: 2.20; OAP 1.90; Student 1.90; Child 1.50
Opening times: Monday to Friday: 9.30-5.30 Last show 4.30
Saturday, Sunday & Bank Holiday 12.00-5.30 (seasonal) Last show 4.00
Open during lunch
Audio Visual available and booking is advisable for groups
St. Killian's Heritage Centre
Mullagh,
Kells
Tel: (046) 924 2433
Email: stkiliancentre@eircom.net
This is unique hertiage centre detailing the life and influence of St. Killian, the Apostle of Franconia on the Irish Church. The centre showcases the importance of the Irish missionaries in Europe through the 6th and 7th centuries.
The exhibition details the development of gaelic script which was used on stones called oghams from the 4th to the 7th centuries and the Wurzburg Glosses (the earliest example of written Irish c.750) to the illuminated script of the book of Kells.
St. Mary's Abbey
High Street,
Trim
Tel: (046) 943 1213
15th century house once owned by Jonathan Swift (the author of Gulliver's Travels) and the Duke of Wellington attended the school.
Guided tours are available June, July and September.
Kells Tourist Information Point,
Kells Civic Offices
Headfort Place
Kells,
Co. Meath
(located opposite the Church and beside the Headfort Arms Hotel)
Email: kellstouristoffice@meathcoco.ie
Tel: +353 (0) 46 9248856
A warm welcome awaits visitors to the Kells Tourist Office where a copy of the world famous 9th century illuminated manuscript The Book of Kells is on display. An audio/visual DVD on Monastic Kells is also available. Group viewing of the DVD by appointment.
Along with information on Monastic Kells and its wider environs, Kells Tourist Office is pleased to offer tourists a wide variety of information on Kells, the County of Meath and the wider Boyne Valley region.
The Office is open Monday to Friday 9.30am to 5.00pm (closed for lunch 1pm – 2pm) and is fully accessible to wheelchair users. Guided Tours available by prior arrangement.
