Places of Interest
The town's library features mementos of the poet Teresa Brayton who was born in Kilbrook. The Old Bog Road, 4.5 km west of the town, was the subject of her most successful verse. There is also the old manor where Lady Catherine McCormack was born in the 1800's.
Also found locally in Mulhussey, Co Meath are "Bridestream" (an 18th century house with rare-breed farm open to the public), and "Larchill, an 18th century Ferme Ornée (Ornamental Farm) which is the only surviving complete garden of its type in Europe. Larchill was restored from the mid-1990s, and scenic walks through beech avenues link several classical and gothic follies. There is also a 8-acre (32,000 m2) lake with two island follies, a formal walled garden with shell-lined tower and a model gothic farmyard.
Kilcock Art Gallery was established in 1978 by Breda Smyth and opened by George Campbell, R.H.A..
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