Bus departing the Burnavon 2:00pm, pick up at Ranfurly House at approximately 2:20pm.

Visit the childhood home of the much loved Victorian novelist William Carleton, who was well versed in Irish folklore. Described by W. B. Yeats, poet and Noble Prize winner, as ‘the greatest novelist of Ireland’, Carleton’s former home is well worth a visit.

Explore the cottage of the Simpson family with close ties to Ulysses Simpson Grant, the commanding general of the victorious Union Armies in the American Civil War. Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (1869 -77), visited the site during his Presidency.