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Glenveagh Castle and Gardens : Churchill |
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Address :
Churchill
Surrounding Area :
Churchill
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Description :
Glenveagh castle and gardens are overlooking Lough Veagh, Glenveagh Castle stands atop a slight promontory jutting into the lake. Few buildings in Ireland can boast of as fine a setting. Made from rough-hewn granite, the Castle, a castellated mansion, was built in the years 1870-1873 from designs by John Townsend Trench, a cousin of John Adair. It consists of a four storey rectangular keep with walls 1˝ metres thick, with battlemented ramparts, turrets and a round tower. Many of the rooms inside still have the furnishings from the last private owner.
First conceived more than a hundred years ago, the gardens boast a multitude of exotic plants whose luxuriance contrasts starkly with the surrounding austere mountains. Work on the gardens began under the direction of Mrs Adair and the subsequent efforts of Henry McIlhenny and his advisors, Jim Russell and Lanning Roper, have resulted in gardens of extraordinary charm. Pines and ponticum rhododendrons provide windbreaks to allow ornamental rhododendrons and delicate plants from as far afield as Chile, Madeira and Tasmania to survive and flourish, attesting to the careful nurture they have received. The 11 hectares are laid out as a network of mainly informal gardens, each with a different theme. The best time to see the gardens is in May/June for rhododendrons or in August, when the Walled Garden is at its most colourful.
The Castle may be visited only on guided tours, which take place regularly every day. The tearooms at the Castle, open daily from mid-March until November and then every weekend through the winter, provides visitors with teas and delicious home baking.
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