Why not use our three tourist routes as a way to explore Kildare's towns and villages? Feel free to attempt a full route, or dip in and out, visiting places of interest in clusters, as you like. If your base is Dublin, Kildare's proximity to the capital means that these routes can be enjoyed in leisurely slices over time.

North Kildare Tourist Route

Enjoy some of County Kildare’s best family attractions on this route which will take you through lush pastureland, along bog roads, and into the heart of rural Ireland.
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Mid Kildare Tourist Route

This route takes you a land of myths and legends. Learn of St Brigid and her eternal fire, Fionn Mac Cumhaill and his legendary army Na Fianna, Dan Donnelly and his extraordinary long arm. At the Irish National Stud, take a philosophical view of it all as you follow the life of man in the Japanese Gardens.
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South Kildare Tourist Route

Reach out and touch history as you drive through beautiful south Kildare. Standing stones, high crosses, abbeys and castles bear witness to the populations that chose this rich countryside as their preferred dwelling place.
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