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Map Legend: Green: Garden only. Red: House only. Green/Red: Garden and House.
Blue: Historical Site. Orange: Accommodation. Mount Usher Gardens - 20 acre gardens containing approx. 5000 different species of rare plants and trees. Avondale House & Forest Park - Birthplace and home of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846 - 1891) - magnificent forest park of over 500 acres - beautiful Georgian house Brigits Garden - gardens designed by award-winning Irish designer Mary Reynolds - four unique and peaceful gardens based on the symbolism of the old Celtic festivals Newtownbarry House, Gardens & Gallery - large Victorian house built in an austere, Italianate, classical style, granite faced - gardens were first designed in the early 19th century - pleasure gardens, sunken garden, rose garden Castle Durrow Country House Hotel - 24 bedroom country house hotel on C.30 acres has an abundance of garden, river & forest walks - Fishing, Archery, Clay Shooting & Tennis on the estate Blarney Castle - famous for its stone. The Rock Close in the grounds of the castle, and its surroundings, is a curious place of ancient trees and far more ancient stones. Coolcarrigan - built in c.1838, spectacular avenues, unusual collection of trees and shrubs, fantastic display of spring bulbs Lissadell House - childhood home of Countess Constance Markievicz, inspirational retreat of Willam Butler Yeats Moyglare Manor - approached via a half-mile avenue lined by trees and shrubs and set amongst a profusion of flowers and mature woodlands. Birr Castle Demesne - the Demesne has become world famous for its exotic tree and plant collections, rivers and lake, formal gardens, terraces and wildflower meadows. The Hunt Museum - the Hunt Collection is housed in the beautifully restored Custom House in the heart of Limerick city. Shankill Castle & Gardens - a castellated Queen Anne house set in beautiful surroundings including moated and walled gardens. Rathmullan House - This gracious house is set on the shores of Lough Swilly and stands amid an award winning garden Gregans Castle Hotel - Situated amongst the magnificent wilderness of the Burren with views of Galway Bay Springhill House & Costume Collection, Moneymore, Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry - the modest charm of Moneymore village is echoed by the quiet domesticity of Springhill. Artefacts recalling 300 years of Lenox-Conyngham family history are displayed therein. Palm House Botanic Gardens, Belfast City, Co. Antrim - initiated by the Belfast Botamical & Horticultural Society in the 1830s, the magnificent curvilinear glasshouses contain a range of tropical and temperate plants. Mount Stewart - Fascinating eighteenth-century house with nineteenth-century additions Rowallane - A Plantsman's garden renowned for its peaceful, intimate character The Argory, Moy, Dungannon, Co. Armagh - four generations of family treasures are lovingly maintained in this remarkable country mansion. There are no 'modern conveniences' - everything is as it was 100 years ago. Crom Estate - One of the most important nature conservation sites owned by the National Trust Florence Court - A palladian style house which has been meticulously restored by the National Trust Vandeleur Walled Garden, Kilrush, Co. Clare - the 'forgotten' garden of the long vanished Kilrush House has been redesigned around sequestered paths and is emerging as a new source of beauty and tranquility. King House - Through four historical exhibitions, visitors examine Gaelic life prior to 1600 in the ancient kingdom of Connacht Strokestown Park House Garden and famine Museum, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon - the National Famine Museum, explaining the 'great hunger' in relation to the word famine, occupies the stable buildings adjacient to the Packenham Mahon home and its faithfully restored gardens. Belvedere House Garden and Park - A superb 160 acre estate on the shores of Lough Ennell Tullynally Castle and Gardens - The huge rambling gothic revival castle still survives today as a family home Enniscoe Gardens, Castlehill, Ballina, Co. Mayo. The Mayo North Heritage & Family History Research Centre and a small museum of domestic and farm implements adjoin the proliferating ornamental garden and pleasure ground. Cashel House Hotel - The gardens are informal country house style based on a number of woodland glades Vandeleur Walled Garden - Beautifully constructed walls contain this sheltered garden, once the Walled Garden for Kilrush House Knappogue Castle and Walled Gardens, Quin, Co. Clare - sensitively restored by the Andrews family in 1966, this 15th century MacNamara stronghold is famous for mediaeval banquets. Craggaunowen The Living Past - An exhibition of Irish Celtic History Bunratty Castle and Folk Park - World famous Mediaeval Banquets are held in the Castle all year round Lough Gur Interperative Centre - A History of the Pre-Celtic settlers in Ireland from 3000BC to the present day King John's Castle - A visitor centre tells the history Limerick City and the native Irish Celts who have populated it from its beginnings Ballynacourty - Designed as a series of small gardens all interlinked with a labernum walk and vegetable garden Cashel House Hotel - A mid century gracious country house owned and run by the McEvilly family Rosleague Manor - Set in 13½ ha of secluded landscaped gardens this Georgian house overlooks Ballinakill Bay in the centre of Connemara. Russborough, Blessington, Co. Wicklow - built in 1741 for the Earl of Milltown, this superb Palladian mansion was bought by Sir Alfred Beit in 1952 and now houses his internationally renowned art collection. Bantry House & Gardens - classical figures view the superb vista of Bantry Bay from the terrace. Extensive replanting continues in the gardens. There are fine furnishings and tapestries indoors. Ballymaloe Cookery School Gardens - a series of new gardens are being created on an ambitious scale by renowned cook Darina Allen Dunguaire Castle, Kinvara, Co Galway - a 16th century tower-house magnificently situated on Galway Bay. Mediaeval banquets are held during the summer months. Lisselan Estate Gardens - Designed in the Robinsonian style, take advantage of the natural features and contours provided by the valley Riverstown House, Glanmire,Co. Cork - built in 1602,remodelled about 1734 and rescued in 1958 by Mr. and Mrs. John Dooley, this rural retreat contains remarkable plasterwork by the Lafrancini brothers. Hotel Dunloe Castle Gardens, Killarney, Co, Kerry - Chiean fir, New Zealand cherry, Australian gum, Chinese swamp cypress and more neighbourly Killarney arbutus are amone the many species in this delightful hotel demesne Kilfane Glen & Waterfall - A romantic woodland garden dating from 1790. Originally part of the demesne of Kilfane House Rothe House & Garden - a unique Irish merchant's townhouse built in the Tudor period between 1594 and 1610. Woodstock Gardens - Located on a hill top overlooking the picturesque village of Inistioge in South Kilkenny Kilmokea - Originally started in 1947 these gardens host a wide selection of rare and tender trees and shrubs The Japanese Gardens and St. Fiachra's Garden, Tully, Kildare, Co. Kildare - created between 1906-1910 and laid out by Tassa Eida and his son Minoru, the gardens have been carefully preserved.St Fiachra's Garden was created in 1999 to celebrate the Millennium. Lismore Castle Gardens - The gardens are believed to be the oldest in Ireland retaining much of their original Jacobean form Tramore House Gardens, Tramore, Co. Waterford - Waterford County Council has taken the initiative in restoring the gardens of this splendid Victorian seaside home in the exuberant period style Mount Juliet Estate - Accommodation - A leisurely pace of life and a traditionally generous hospitality combine with world-class sporting amenities and conference facilities, making Mount Juliet a place of contrasts and surprises Ballymaloe House - This large family farmhouse is situated on a 160ha farm 32km east of Cork City. The food is largely home produced and has won acclaim worldwide Longueville House and Presidents Restaurant - An imposing 17th century listed Georgian heritage home. Guests can avail of private fishing and walks on the estate Annes Grove - A supremely romantic garden: laid out largely in the early twentieth century and Robinsonian in style Ballindoolin House and Garden - A country demesne with a large Georgian country house and farmyard built in 1821 Lodge Park Walled Garden & Steam Museum, Straffen, Co. Kildare - situated beside the Steam Museum, the long yew-bordered and box-hedged central walk gives onto a series of borders and smaller gardens - shrub, herbaceous, rosarie, vegetable, salad and others. Powerscourt Gardens & House Exhibition - One of the world's great gardens situated 20km south of Dublin in the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains Wicklow Gardens Festival - Allowing visitors to experience a unique opportunity to visit privately owned gardens, large gardens and the five Historic Houses with great gardens in Wicklow Barberstown Castle - A fine example of a Medieval Tower House, with Elizabethan and Victorian wings attached Tinakilly Country House and Restaurant - Classical Victorian-Italianate architecture is augmented by elegant antique furnishings Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. This late 19th century house and restored garden houses the National Museum of Ireland and Museum of Country Life. Westport House and Country Park, Westport, Co. Mayo - dating form 1685 the house is architecturally important and one of Ireland's most beautiful and historic homes. Park Hotel - Set in a heavenly location overlooking Kenmare Bay the hotel is in the heart of Irelands most scenic countryside. Ardgillan castle and Victorian Gardens, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin - an unusually welcoming 18th century manor in a wooded seaside landscape. The Victorian conservatory and alcoved fruit wall are features of the extensive gardens. Beaulieu House & Garden, Droheda, Co. Louth - of Dutch architecture and one of the earliest examples of an unfortified house, the garden is an early example of a walled garden. Knockabbey Castle & Gardens, Louth, Co. Louth - open after a 5 year restoration programme the 30 acres include Victorian gardens and mediaeval water garden originating form 1050. Killruddery House - 400 year home of the Earls of Meath has formal 17 C Gardens that are the most important surviving in Ireland or Britain Zoom in on Dublin

 

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