The Towers at Ballysaggartmore, between Lismore and Ballyduff, is a woodland walk with a dramatic history.

 

Arthur Kiely-Ussher was a cruel Famine-era landlord whose wife wanted a castle.  The fairytale Gothic gate lodge and the eponymous Towers were the only part of the project ever completed.  A path now leads visitors through the tall black gates and over the towered bridge making this folly a wonderful place for a family picnic.

The Towers walk is approximately 1.5km long.  Information boards on site provide greater detail on the Towers’ history and the trail’s abundant flora.

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