Get to know Leinster, town by town.

The best family days out across Leinster for the summer holidays: Emerald Park in Meath, open farms, Blue Flag beaches, castle grounds, parks and rainy-day options, with a practical steer on each.

Leinster holds some of Ireland's finest historic buildings and architecture. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records 22,285 buildings and structures across the province, of which 527 are rated of National or International importance. Below are the most important of them, county by c

Leinster holds some of Ireland's most important heritage. In the Boyne Valley in Meath, Brú na Bóinne is a UNESCO World Heritage Site older than the pyramids at Giza. Below are the monuments across the province that are set up to visit, county by county, with the official visitor information for eac

Across coastal Leinster right now, 64 beaches are monitored by the EPA. 34 are rated Excellent or Good for water quality and 16 fly a Blue Flag, and 1 has a bathing restriction in place. Always check on the day before you swim. Last updated: Mon 29 June. Live data from the EPA bathing-water record.

Leinster has 25 visitable statutory nature reserves and one national park, spread across 8 of its 12 counties, from Dublin Bay's wintering wildfowl to the raised bogs of the midlands and the oak woods of Wicklow. Wicklow Mountains National Park is the largest in Ireland and the only one in the east,

A standout walk in every Leinster county, and how to make a day of it: where to swim nearby, a piece of history to see, and the local guide for the rest. The walks are from the Sport Ireland register; the day out is ours. Waymarked walks by county CountyWalksRelativeWexford83Wicklow56Kilkenny32