Molly Gallivan's Cottage and Traditional Farm
Visit a 200-year-old cottage and traditional farm with animals. See famine ruins and an ancient sun calendar. You can join a guided tour to try traditional farm jobs like turf cutting, sheep shearing, butter churning, and weaving.
Molly Gallivan’s Cottage and Traditional Farm, in Bonane, County Kerry, is over 200 years old and her farm is complete with adorable animals, fowl and traditional farm machinery. Visit the ghostly ruins of the family home from the Great Famine and discover the neolithic stone row that forms part of a rare, ancient sun calendar.
Join a guided tour and take part in traditional farm jobs. Cut turf from the earth, learn how to shear sheep, make a batch of poitín, churn butter and try your hand at weaving. Come for a guided archaeological tour of Bonane Heritage Park and stay for a night of traditional food, dance and fun.
Family practicalities
- Pram-friendly (likely)
- Baby changing (likely)
- Café on site
- Toilets (likely)