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Barmeath Castle.

• The Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland (RHSI) hosts a Louth and Meath gardens day trip by coach on Saturday, August 6, from 8.30am-6pm. Cost: €89 (includes garden entries, gratuities, lunch and transport) Numbers are limited, priority booking for members. Coach leaves Foxrock Church car park at 8.30am. There will be a northside pick-up at Ashbourne Pillo Hotel, Co Meath, at 9.30am. At 10am, there will be a visit to Rosie Maye's garden (better known as The Insomniac Gardener) in Slane, Co Meath. Rosie will give a personal tour of this three-acre garden. At 12.30pm it’s lunch at Shanliss House, Ardee, Co Louth, and at 2.30pm there will be a visit to Barmeath Castle (pictured) in Dunleer, Co Louth. Return to Ashbourne Pillo Hotel for 5.15pm and return to Foxrock Church car park for 6.30pm. See RHSI.ie.