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Gardens In The Republic Of Ireland
List of gardens in Ireland open to the public: * Achill Secret Garden* Avondale House* Altamont House, Altamont Gardens* Bay Garden(Closed indefinitely as of 2022) *Belvedere House and Gardens*Birr Castle* Camas Park* Coolaught Gardens * (Closed indefinitely as of 2022) * Derreen Garden * |
List Of Gardens
The list of gardens is a link page for any park or garden open to the public, anywhere in the world. Argentina *Buenos Aires Botanical Garden Australia Australian Capital Territory *Australian National Botanic Gardens New South Wales *Auburn Botanical Gardens * Royal Botanic Gardens *Wollongong Botanic Garden Queensland * Anderson Park, Townsville * Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha *City Botanic Gardens * The Palmetum, Townsville *Queens Gardens, Townsville *Roma Street Parkland Victoria * Melbourne parks and gardens *Geelong Botanic Gardens Austria * Schönbrunn Palace Gardens * Belvedere Gardens Brazil *Flamengo Park *Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden *Inhotim *Botanical Garden of São Paulo *Sítio Roberto Burle Marx *Botanical Garden of Curitiba *Porto Alegre Botanical Garden *Jardim Botânico de Belo Horizonte *Jardim Botânico de Brasília Canada *Butchart Gardens, Greater Victoria, British Columbia * Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario *Stanley Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilmacurragh
The National Botanic Gardens, Kilmacurragh () is a garden and arboretum outside Wicklow Town, County Wicklow, Ireland. It is a satellite of the main National Botanic Gardens located in Glasnevin, County Dublin. The 52 acre gardens are situated 5 km from exit 18 on the M11 motorway. The gardens were founded in 1712 as part of the Acton family estate who owned the land until 1940. Today, the gardens are in State ownership through the Office of Public Works. They were acquired in 1976 by the Land commissioner and day-to-day management transferred to National Botanic Gardens in 1996. History The story of Kilmacurragh stretches back beyond the establishment of the gardens to early Christian times when Saint Mochorog established a hermitage in the 7th century. A lake, part of which remains as a small pond, once existed as a fishing pond for a monastery that stood where the remains of the Acton family home stand today. This monastery was dissolved by Henry VII and the lands g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killruddery House
Killruddery House (also spelled "Kilruddery") is a large country house on the southern outskirts of Bray in County Wicklow, Ireland, approximately south of Dublin.Kilruddery House, KILRUDDERY DEMESNE WEST, Bray, WICKLOW The present structure is a south facing multi-bay mansion, originally dating from the 17th century, but remodelled and extended in 1820 in the Elizabethan style. It is constructed as variously single, two, three and four storeys in the shape of an irregular quadrangle enclosing a courtyard. To the north an office wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilmokea
Kilmokea ( ga, Cill Mac Aodh) is located on Great Island, a small peninsula within the Hook peninsula where the Barrow, Suir and Campile rivers meet, close to the Slieve Coillte, the highest point on the Hook peninsula, from the town of New Ross in County Wexford, Ireland. It is a former Georgian rectory, situated on a 6th-century monastic site. Since 1948 it features a seven-acre garden, which has been turned into a garden featuring a wide range of subtropical plants and organic vegetables. History According to some sources Kilmokea, or Mileadoc was the spot at which Cessair, the granddaughter of Noah, escaping the flood, made the first incursion or invasion into Ireland in 2242 B.C. In the 6th century an early ecclesiastical enclosure was established in the townland of Great Island when it was an actual island. In the 8th century a church was founded here by Suadbar, hence the reference in the name by a Kil ( ga, Cill), the Gaelic word for church. It was the church of Mac Ao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilfane
Kilfane () is a combination of two townlands located outside of Thomastown in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is made up of the townlands of Kilfane East and West with a total area of . Located in the barony of Gowran, Kilfane gives its name to the wider civil parish which contains 16 townlands. It is in the Roman Catholic parish of Tullaherin. This is also the site of the 13th-century Kilfane Church, now in ruins, which has an adjoining castellated presbytery or stone house. There are traces of the original consecration crosses to be seen, the ogee headed doorways, remains of the altar, sedilia and book rest. Inside the ruined church on the North Wall is the effigy of a Norman Knight in full armour. It is referred to as Cantwell Fada and this effigy is the tallest of its kind in Britain or Ireland. Kilfane House was the seat of the Power family who were responsible for the creation of Kilfane Glen and Waterfall which is now a tourist attraction containing a romantic era (Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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