8mi/13km southwest of Timahoe on minor roads is Abbeyleix, an attractive little planned town laid out by an 18th century Viscount de Vesci on the site of an old monastery.

Abbeyleix has a number of historical structures that are still standing such as ancient ring forts, burial grounds, early monastic buildings, Norman and medieval castles, and
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