Powerscourt Gardens
Powerscourt Estate ( ga, Eastát Chúirt an Phaoraigh), located in Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland, is a large country estate which is noted for its country house, house and landscaped gardens, today occupying . The house, originally a 13th-century castle, was extensively altered during the 18th century by German architect Richard Cassels, starting in 1731 and finishing in 1741. A fire in 1974 left the house lying as a shell until it was renovated in 1996. The Wingfield family had long coveted the lands of Phelim O'Toole of Powerscourt (d. 1603), seeking to draw Phelim O'Toole into an act of rebellion, the penalty for which was forfeiture. The feud climaxed on 14 May 1603 when the Wingfields murdered Phelim in the place known as the Killing Hollow near Powerscourt, despite the fact that Phelim's grandson and heir Turlough son of Phelim's son (d. 1616) remained in occupation of Powerscourt. King James I of England (d. 1625) on 27 October 1603 granted a lease of the manor of P ...
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Enniskerry, County Wicklow
Enniskerry (historically ''Annaskerry'', from ) is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. The population was 1,889 at the 2016 census. Location The village is situated on the Glencullen River in the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains in the east of the island, just 5 minutes south of the Dublin border and some south of Dublin city centre. The R117 road, colloquially known as "The Twenty-One Bends" connects the town to the main N11 road (Ireland), N11 road to Dublin. The 185 Go-Ahead Ireland route connects the village hourly to Bray, County Wicklow, Bray, the nearest large town. The 44 Dublin Bus route connects the village with Dublin city centre. History Enniskerry is a planned estate village dating from the 1840s, with the original buildings designed in a neo-Tudor style. The Protestant population of the village attended church in the grounds of the Powerscourt Estate, Powerscourt Demesne until 1859. Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt, Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount ...
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