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Slieve Bloom - walking holidays, walking boots, walking for weight loss, country walking, walking tours

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SLIEVE BLOOM offers a wide range of facilities and amenities to visitors. It is a walker's paradise with beautiful scenery, quiet roads and a labyrinth of walking trails and forest tracks. It has miles of rivers and a number of lakes. The cherished culture and folklore of the area, along with the friendliness of it's people makes Slieve Bloom an ideal location for many enjoyable leisure activities including, WALKING, CYCLING ,FISHING, GOLFING, HORSE RIDING, TRADITIONAL MUSIC & DANCE. The Normans arrived in Ireland in the twelfth century when Slieve Bloom was still divided among several Gaelic Kingdoms including the O'Carrolls who controlled the southern regions. An important Norman town was established at Ballybritt. The Slieve Blooms were the site of many battles, being on the boundary between Laois and Offaly, and the ancient kingdoms of Thomond, Leinster and Ossory

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