I was born in Clare but moved when I was young. Haven't been back for over 10 years. Recently visited with my partner on a weekend. We went on a Saturday and we were expecting it to be busy but we pulled up to find a few spots left in the car park.

Reasonable price for parking and plenty of room to get pushchairs and wheelchairs out of cars if needed.

We started walking around the grounds and realised we needed the loo. Found one very close to the car park and whilst queueing was told there was another down the end of the park. The toilet wasn't really looked after. It didn't look top notch or like it had just been re stocked and cleaned. BUT if you are like myself and my partner..if you need to go you need to go. We had hand sanitiser and used that after touching things in there.

Walking around the grounds was lovely. Plenty of places to sit whether you need a bench or can just sit down on the grass. We had a climb up to the castle and was greeted with an amazing view. There was no one up there at the time which was great as we both hate it when places are crowded.

If you wanted to go up to the castle with a wheelchair or pushchair it might be a little difficult.

Once down from the castle we went and walked along the little river. Which was absolutely lovely. Very quiet apart from the few odd people walking past. They had information boards along the way.

Carrying further on up you end up walking past the car park which will be on your right.. you come to a bridge. This leads into a forest area.

Because my partner suffers with Fibromyalgia we couldn't walk to far either way, but from what we did see of the forest it looked absolutely amazing. Very tranquil and peaceful.

I recommend going there for 2-3 hours with a picnic. You can even bring dogs along as I saw a few running into the river.

Will definitely be going back and exploring more !