The OPW manages and maintains the most important of Ireland’s historic buildings and heritage.
KILKENNY CASTLE WAS the most visited paid attraction operated by the Office of Public Works last year.Dublin Castle was the second most popular paid visitor attraction operated by the OPW last year, with 371,858 visitors.
The number of visitors to OPW sites across the country last year topped 15 million, up by 2.3 million in 2021 .Other individual regional sites have seen a striking increase in their visitor numbers. Carrowmore, which was announced as part of Ireland’s Tentative World Heritage List last year, saw 29,236 visitors last year, up from 13,253 in 2021.
“These figures clearly indicate that there is an enormous interest in heritage tourism and that an increasing number of tourists and domestic visitors regard Ireland’s heritage sites as great places to visit,” Minister of State with responsibility for the OPW Patrick O’Donovan said.
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