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Just half a mile to the north of Arthurstown lies the little village
of BALLYHACK . From here a useful year-round car ferry service runs
regularly across the harbour to Passage East in County Waterford, taking
just ten minutes . Setting off the picturesque scene is Ballyhack Castle
, a fine five-storey, sixteenth-century tower house. You can climb about
halfway up the tower and enjoy a strong sense of its stout proportions (June-Sept
Mon-Fri 10am-1pm & 2-6pm, Sat & Sun 10am-6pm; £1/1.27). The village's
upmarket seafood restaurant , The Neptune (tel 051/389284), is held in
high regard, while Byrne's is a pleasant quayside spot for a drink.
The magnificent ruin of Dunbrody Abbey (daily: April-June & Sept
10am-6pm; July & Aug 10am-7pm; £1.50/1.90) stands at the widening of the
Barrow estuary, to the northeast of town off the R733. A thirteenth-century
Cistercian foundation, it was altered in the sixteenth century after the
Dissolution of the Monasteries, when the large central tower and
adjacent buildings were added.
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