The Spires self catering holiday accommodation based in the Heart of Ireland, ideally located for golfing, fishing, boating, hill-walking and for touring the midlands of Ireland. Only an hour from Dublin and an ideal base to explore Ireland's Ancient East, the Spires is the ideal location for an action-packed group or family holiday.

The Store Yard is a 20,000 square foot antique and architectural centre. Modelled on the antique arcades in major European cities, the Store Yard offers a truly unique and interesting shopping experience. As their business card states we are ‘Purveyors of the unusual’ and I think that sums up the appeal of The Store Yard. They have something unique in Ireland, which is possibly why they won The Irish Times Best Shops Award in 2015 and are in Hot Press Best of Ireland 2106 & 2017 So pop along and enjoy the experience that is The Store Yard. Open Mon-Sat 9.30-5.30. & Tynan’s Restaurant Tues-Sat 9.30-5pm.

The Streat Café in Portlaoise has built up a reputation for great food and innovative practises such as free coffee and tea top-ups. Come early, relax in the bright modern surrounds and enjoy a choice of breakfast bagels and enjoy a choice of breakfast bagels starting at only €3.30 or for the really hungry “the bigger breakfast” has just all for €6.95. Throughout the day there’s an assortment of wraps, signature sandwiches and paninis, soups and salad bowls and baked potatoes that seem just too delicious to resist. Instead of the usual tea and coffee why not enjoy one of the exotic Suki tea range such as organic chamomile, spices citrus or mango tango.

An extraordinary carved doorway makes this the most elegant round tower in Ireland. Carvings of human heads, with flowing beards and moustaches, decorate the main entrance, about five metres from the ground. Smaller carvings decorate a second storey window. No one knows why the monks at Timahoe carved such a beautiful doorway. They may have used it to display a sacred relic to pilgrims, or the elegant decoration could reflect the monastery buildings that have disappeared from this site.

The playground features spring seesaw, toddler multiway, spring rocker, sand unit, water play unit, basket swing, spinning basket, tunnel, standing seesaw, slides, cable runway, large rope swing, standing swing.

Hostel Accommodation in the heart of Ireland. Farran Farm Hostel offers en suite accommodation at attractive prices in a beautiful country setting – while remaining convenient to a number of local attractions in counties Laois, Kildare, Kilkenny, Offaly, Tipperary and beyond.

Trains are available from Dublin, Cork, Limerick - train stations at Portlaoise, Portarlington and Tullamore.

Treacy's is one of Ireland's oldest traditional pubs and one of its best known landmarks, famed for its quality food, golden straw thatched roof and unique character. The restaurant serves the best in home cooked food all day. Ingredients are locally sourced and freshly prepared in house by top chefs. This is quality home cooking at its best. The restaurant is the home of Irish Hereford Prime steaks. A visit to Treacy's promises you a unique experience whether it’s for a quick lunch or leisurely dinner in the restaurant, or a pint of Guinness in the bar which is over 200 years old.

If you’re searching high and low for the perfect present, you’ll find something special among the bounty in Treasures Giftware. There is a focus on Irish products and well-known brands stocked include Genesis Waterford Crystal, Waterford Crystal, Newbridge Silverware Belleck and Newgrange.

Amazing fashion brands and designer labels, with up to 60% off the RRP.

The perfect destination for food lovers serving beautiful home cooked food, freshly prepared daily. At Tynan’s, fine food, flavour and a little well deserved indulgence delivered with top class customer service is what really matters.

The Vicarstown Inn is a 250 year old village inn on the banks of the Grand Canal, near to the River Barrow. It makes an ideal location for touring the Midlands and South Leinster. Surrounded by golf courses, close to the famous Curragh racecourse, National Stud, Japanese Gardens, the Slieve Bloom mountains and the beautiful River Barrow valley.