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CORK PARKS & GARDENS
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Annes Grove Gardens |
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Annes Grove Gardens are famous privately
owned gardens open to the public during
the summertime,
situated in County Cork, Southern
Ireland. Annes
Grove demesne, known in the 18th century
as Ballyhimock, was originally an estate
of the Grove family. In the late 18th
century it became the property of the
Hon. Arthur Grove Annesley, as a
consequence of the marriage of his
uncle, the first Earl Annesley, to Mary
Grove. His descendants have lived here
ever since.
The gardens at Annes Grove, created by
the late Richard Grove Annesley in the
first half of the twentieth century, are
a supreme expression of gardening in the
Robinsonian manner - the interplanting
of native and exotic species into a
natural setting with a minimum of
formality. For the specialist, the
collection of rhododendrons is of
particular interest: it includes
specimens which were originally raised
by Mr. Annesley from seed collected by
the late Frank Kingdon-Ward in Tibet and
Nepal. |
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Ballymaloe Cookery School Garden |
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A number of Gardening courses and
demonstrations are held in Ballymaloe
House and Ballymaloe Cookery School
throughout the year |
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Bantry House And Garden |
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Bantry House is not only one of the
finest historic houses in Ireland, but
it also commands one of the best views
overlooking Bantry Bay in West Cork. It
has been open to the public since 1946,
the first to do so in the country and
possibly also in the British Isles. The
house is still owned and lived in by
Egerton Shelswell-White, who is a direct
descendant of Richard White (1, Earl of
Bantry), and his family. |
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Blarney House & Gardens |
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Since the eighteenth century, the
gardens of Blarney Castle have been as
popular with its visitors as have the
Castle and Stone.These are the Groves of
Blarney celebrated in words and song for
over two hundred years.
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Doneraile Park |
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The fine entrance gates at the porticoed
gated lodge on the Turnpike Road, north
of Doneraile town, Co. Cork, mark the
formal entrance to a great landscaped
estate - 160 hectares of parklands with
mature groves of deciduous trees and a
number of deer herds.The greater part of
the work at Doneraile was undertaken in
the early eighteenth century. The
fashion in landscape gardening at this
period was exemplified, if not largely
formed, by the achievements of the
English landscape architect, Lancelot
'Capability' Brown. |
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Fitzgeralds
Park |
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| Cork Public
Museum is situated in
Fitzgerald Park on the Mardyke.
The present Museum was opened
in 1945 under the
administration of University
College Cork and was grant
aided by Cork Corporation and
Cork County Council. The
museum has been administered
by Cork Corporation since
1963. The collections cover
the economic, social and
municipal history of the city
and surrounding area from the
Mesolithic period onwards,
with particular emphasis on
Civic Regalia and the trades
and crafts of the 19th and
20th centuries. Of special
significance are the very fine
collections of Cork Silver,
Cork Glass and
Youghal
needlepoint Lace. |
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Fota Arboretum & Gardens |
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Fota's internationally recognised
arboretum and gardens which are open all
year round are a haven for relaxation
and enjoyment and inspiring for people
of all ages. Not only do they play a
major role in educating and informing
visitors and specialists, this is a
stunning recreation area for families to
enjoy the beauty and richness of one of
the finest collections of rare and
tender trees and shrubs grown outdoors
in Ireland and Britain. |
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Garnish Island,
Ilnacullin, Glengariff, Co Cork |
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Located in the
sheltered harbour of Glengariff in
Bantry Bay, in Southwest Ireland,
Ilnacullin is a small island of 15
hectares (37 acres) known to
horticulturists and lovers of trees and
shrubs all around the world as an island
garden of rare beauty. The gardens of
Ilnacullin owe their existence to the
creative partnership, some seventy years
ago, of Anna Bryce, then owner of the
island and Harold Peto, architect and
garden designer. The island was
bequeathed to the Irish people in 1953,
and was subsequently entrusted to the
care of the Commissioners of Public
Works. To-day management of the island
is in the hands of the Office of Public
Works. |
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Glengarriff Bamboo Park |
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The modern areas of Bamboo Park were
created in 1999 by Serge de Thibault and
his wife Claudine on the same pattern of
the Bambouseraie in Anduze, near Alès in
the South of France which is the largest
bamboo park in Europe, existing since
more than 75 years.
Where those have only bamboos,
the Park in Glengarriff has also quite a
magnificent range of palm trees and tree
ferns to show. |
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Liss Ard Gardens,
Skibbereen |
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The magnificent gardens and woodlands at
Liss Ard add to the uniqueness of the
estate. Throughout, there are specially
designed pathways and walkways that
accentuate the guest's appreciation of
Irish flora.
In addition to the main Lake Abisdealy,
there are a number of ponds and a
waterfall dotted around the estate, that
create a feeling that can only be
compared to that in the Garden of Eden.
The gardens include the
magnificent 'Crater' - designed by James
Turrell, the extraordinary American
artist who is world-renowned for his
works on the theme of 'Light', and the
Swiss architect Gert Burla.
The Crater was created for the
Irish skies to be appreciated by the
spectators lying on the stone structures
at the bottom - the dome-effect that is
created in the elliptical frame is truly
an unforgettable experience. Liss Ard
Gardens |
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Lisselan Gardens,
Clonakility |
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Lisselan Gardens were laid out in
Robinsonian style from the early 1850s.
William Bence-Jones chose a site on a
promontory above the river for a French
chateau style house designed by Lewis
Vuliamy. The Bence-Jones family created
30 acres of gardens which take advantage
of the natural features and contours
provided by the valley and the Argideen
river running through it.
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