Pakenham Hall Castle
Tullynally Castle, also known as Pakenham Hall, is a country house situated some 2 km from Castlepollard on the Coole, County Westmeath, Coole village road in County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The Gothic-style building has over 120 rooms and has been home to the Pakenham family (now the Earl of Longford, Earls of Longford) for over 350 years. The house is surrounded by twelve acres of parkland and gardens, including woodland gardens and walled gardens laid out in the early 19th century with a limestone grotto and ornamental lakes. In the 21st century, a Chinese garden with a pagoda and a Tibetan garden of waterfalls and streams have been added. The site entrance from the public road is situated 1.5 km outside Castlepollard on the Granard road 20 km from Mullingar, 80 km from Dublin via the N4 road (Ireland), N4 or N3 road (Ireland), N3 roads. The grounds are open to the public from April to September. History In 1665 Henry Pakenham, a captai ...
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