County Laois, Ireland centers on the soft high ground of the Slieve Bloom Mountains, where the Slieve Bloom Way threads across moorland and Glenbarrow opens to waterfalls and shaded river paths. Around Oughaval Woods, Cullahill, and Granstown Wood and Lake, shorter walks move through beech stands, old estate woodland, and quiet trailheads that feel far removed from the busier east.