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GARDENS OF LOUTH, IRELAND
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Beaulieu House, Garden & Car Museum |
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Situated North
of Dublin, on the banks of the river
Boyne, between the town of Drogheda and
the Irish sea,
Beaulieu House was built by Sir Henry
Tichbourne then Marshall of the Army in
Ireland and Governor General of Drogheda
at the time of the restoration of
Charles II.
The Plunkett family previously owned the
lands of Beaulieu and its castle.
Likewise there exists a vivid
description of the progress with the
garden, thought to be designed by Dutch
Artist Van de Hagen who must have stayed
some time at Beaulieu, painting the
picture over the Hall fireplace, the
Drawing Room ceiling and possibly using
the garden as base to teach
horticultural students in the art of
designing the typical future Irish
walled garden.
The Church was rebuilt about 1830, there
having been a church in the grounds
certainly since the Plunkett family
owned the Estate.
Gabriel DeFreitas of Beaulieu
House has a very established career in
motor racing under the name of Gabriel
Konig.
Achievements in the late sixties and
early seventies rank her in the top two
Irish lady drivers.
Now returned to live at her native
Beaulieu Gabriel has assembled a
collection of Historic Classic racing
and rally saloons to form the main stay
of the new car museum - open to the
public as part of the house tour
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Knockabbey Castle & Gardens -
Tallanstown, Co Louth |
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Knockabbey Castle and Gardens reflect
the constantly changing fortunes of its
owners for more than six centuries. The
numerous additions and changes evident
in the castle and gardens are like
different chapters in a book; all
telling different stories about
different periods and people. When it
was first built in 1399, it was called
Thomastown Castle and consisted only of
a simple square building; the tower
house where the interpretative centre is
now housed. This structure offered its
owners, the Bellews, comfort and
security at a time when skirmishes
between the native Irish and the New
English and Norman settlers were quite
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