This pleasant route through counties Carlow and Wexford takes in many of the region’s best known ecclesiastical visitor attractions along the Barrow and Slaney rivers. Starting out from the cathedral town of Carlow, drive south along the N9 to Leighlinbridge. Continue on the N9 to Gowran, home of St Mary’s medieval collegiate church. At Graiguenamanagh you can visit Duiske Abbey, an early Cistercian church in Ireland built around 1204. St. Mullins is a scenic and charming village on the Ri ...