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Tullamore itineraries

Tullamore Itineraries

Half a day or a full weekend. Here are the best ways to spend your time in Tullamore, planned step by step.

Whether you have a few hours off the train or a full weekend to explore, these itineraries give you a local’s route through Tullamore. Each one links directly to the restaurants and activities along the way.

Half a day: the canal and the whiskey·Half day, about 4 to 5 hoursA full day: towpath, bog and dinner·Full day

Half a day: the canal and the whiskey

Half day, about 4 to 5 hoursYear-round

For a morning off the train from Heuston or an afternoon off the M6. It stays in town for the canal and finishes at the distillery, which needs booking ahead.

Rail arrivalsFirst time visitorsWhiskey drinkersWet afternoons
  1. 1
    10:00·30 minutes

    Coffee on Bury Quay

    Start at the Copper Still Café in the Old Warehouse, the old bonded store that was the Tullamore Dew heritage centre until 2020. The café opens at nine.

    View Old Warehouse
  2. 2
    10:30·1 hour 30 minutes

    Along the canal to Digby Bridge and back

    Walk east along the towpath from Bury Quay, under Bury Bridge and out past the edge of town as far as Digby Bridge and its lock, then turn back. It is roughly three kilometres each way and flat.

    View Grand Canal Way: Tullamore to Ballycommon
  3. 3
    13:00·1 hour

    Lunch in town

    Lana on William Street opens at half twelve on weekdays and Saturdays and one on Sundays, or the Court Bar in the Tullamore Court Hotel runs its carvery at lunchtime.

    View Lana
  4. 4
    15:00·1 hour 45 minutes

    The distillery tour at Clonminch

    Two kilometres south of the Square, beside the bypass; the 15:00 tour runs every day of the week. The tour lasts about an hour and three quarters and ends with a three-whiskey tasting. Over-18s only, eight to a tour, so book ahead and arrange a lift if you are tasting.

    View Tullamore D.E.W. Distillery Experience

A full day: towpath, bog and dinner

Full dayBest spring to autumn

A day that uses Tullamore as a base for the flat country around it: the whole towpath walk to Ballycommon in the morning, Lough Boora in the afternoon, and dinner back in town. You need a car or a lift for the middle of the day.

WalkersCyclistsCouplesVisitors with a car
  1. 1
    09:00·2 hours

    Bury Quay to Ballycommon on the towpath

    Follow the Grand Canal east from Bury Quay past Digby Bridge and Cappyroe to Ballycommon Bridge, about eight and a half kilometres. Flat all the way.

    View Grand Canal Way: Tullamore to Ballycommon
  2. 2
    11:00·45 minutes

    Coffee at Ballycommon Bake House

    Home baking and barista coffee by the bridge. Check its Facebook page for the day's opening times before you set out, and arrange your lift back from here.

  3. 3
    13:00·3 hours

    Lough Boora Discovery Park

    Drive out the N52 towards Birr, turn right at Blueball for Cloghan, and the park starts within about seven kilometres. Walk the 3.3 km sculpture route, or hire a bike for the longer routes; in the off-season bike hire opens Thursday to Sunday.

    View Lough Boora Discovery Park
  4. 4
    19:00·2 hours

    Dinner on Harbour Street

    The Blue Apron opens Wednesday to Sunday evenings and books by phone. On a Monday or Tuesday, try Sirocco's on Patrick Street instead, and ring ahead.

    View The Blue Apron

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