Newgrange Farm

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. You can take a ride on a tractor for an extra €2. The high point of the week (for kids, anyway) occurs at roughly 4pm every Sunday and bank holiday, 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.

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