An hour's drive from Dublin on the M3, Glenboy Country Accommodation is 10 minutes walk from the village of Oldcastle. Oldcastle has a range of shops, banks, churches, Post Office, laundry, restaurants, cafes, pubs & nightclub, library, gym, taxis & bus service to Dublin & neighbouring towns. A range of music can be found in the pubs at weekends. With its weekly market, sports (pitch & putt, soccer,Gaelic football) & annual events like Le Cheile Arts & Music Festival, Oldcastle Agricultural Show, Oldcastle has all the features of a typical rural Irish town where real people work & live.
Within 5 minutes drive of Glenboy are the Loughcrew megalithic cairns, on the highest point in Meath, woodland walks (ranging from 1 to 13 miles) in the 365 hectares of Mullaghmeen forest or renowned fishing/boating lakes such as Lough Sheelin. Glenboy is located adjacent to the lakeland districts of Meath, Westmeath & Cavan & provides a perfect base for day trips to Dublin, Donegal & Northern Irela
Glenboy is ideally situated for exploring heritage & nature landmarks on the Meath Heritage Trail, Boyne Valley Drive etc & the Tain Trail. The trail is a 365 mile drive/cycling route along the route of the epic tale, the Tain Bó Cuailgne (Cattle Raid of Cooley) by armies of the legendary Queen Maeve.
County Meath is a treasure trove of archaeologica l & historical sites, including Newgrange, Knowth & Dowth & the Hill of Tara, seat of the High Kings of Ireland. The Norman castle at Trim constructed in 1172, visited by King John in 1610 and 400 years later by Mel Gibson to film 'Braveheart'. A short drive takes you sites such as Fore Abbey with its 'seven wonders' or Kells (famed for St. Columba's 6th monastery & the Book that bears its name now on display in Trinity College Dublin). From Glenboy day trip options range from Dublin or Belfast to the rural delights of Donegal or the Cooley peninsula on the East Coast & the seafood delights of Carlingford.
Golf courses nearby include (Headfort, Virginia, Ballinlough Castle, Delvin Castle & Kileen Castle venue for the 2011 Solheim Cup. Ireland's unique domestic sports organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association are a feature of every village. Leisure centre/swimming pools, include Navan, Kells, Cavan. Massage, reika & aromatherapy is offered by a range of practitioners in the area & the Farnham Health Spa in Cavan features an indoor-outdoor hydrotherapy infinity pool, thermal suite.
Theatre & arts includes the Navan Solstice Centre, Ramor Theatre Virginia. Heritage & historical information at Kells Heritage Centre & Cavan County Museum in Ballyjamesduff, while the area offers a range of historic gardens (Loughcrew Gardens, Tullynally Castle & Belvedere House) with events during the year. A range of venues offer horse-riding lessons & racing, including Fairyhouse Grand National festival, Navan. laytown strand races. Other activities include ballooning, aqua-sports, paintballing..
Golf:
A selection of 9 and 18 hole golf courses can be found within 15 minutes drive from Glenboy including Crover & Park House Virginia and one of Ireland's top 10 ranked courses at Headfort, Kells offers spectacular parkland championship course designed by Christy O'Connor Jnr. Meath has some 17 course in total including, Royal tara, Navan Golf course with its excellent sand based greens for winter golf & a traditional links course Laytown and Bettystown Golf Club. Courses in nearby In Westmeath include Ballinlough Castle opened designed by Druid's Glen designer Pat Ruddy on the grounds of a castle dating from the early 1600s. Glenboy is also a short drive to Killeen castle host of the 2011 Solheim Cup on a course designed by Jack Nicklaus.
Pitch & Putt is available in Oldcastle and Collinstown.
Glenboy guests benefit from discounted green fees with a number of golf courses in the vicinity.
