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Newgrange Farm Frommer's Recommended

Hours Daily 10am-5pm
Location Off N51, 3.2km (2 miles) east of Slane (signposted off N51 and directly west of Newgrange monument)
Phone 041/982-4119
Web site www.newgrangefarm.com
Prices Admission €8 ($10) per person, €24 ($31) families
Season Closed Sept to Good Friday

Frommer's Review

After all that history, the kids will thank you for bringing them here to this busy 133-hectare (329-acre) farm where farmer Willie Redhouse and his family will take them on a 1 1/2-hour tour of their farm. You can feed the ducks, groom a calf, and bottle-feed the lambs and kid goats. Children can hold a newborn chick, pet a pony, and play with the pigs. In the aviaries are pheasants and rare birds. The high point of the week (for kids, anyway) occurs at roughly 3pm every Sunday when the sheep take to the track with teddy bear jockeys for the weekly derby. Demonstrations of sheepdogs working, threshing, and horseshoeing are regularly underway, while in the herb garden, you can get a lesson in picking edible plants and herbs. There is a coffee shop and plenty of picnic space.

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.


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