Queen Victoria paid
a visit here, to the
Herbert family, in 1861. The House was later owned, in turn,
by Lord Ardilaun
(of the Guinness family) and by the Bourn
Vincents. Today, many of the rooms in this magnificent mansion
have been restored to their original Victorian splendour.
Between the months of April and July, Muckross Gardens are spectacularly
adorned with the red and pink flowers of mature Rhododendrons.
Other garden features include a Sunken Garden, a Rock Garden and
a Stream Garden. An Arboretum, containing many trees from the
Southern Hemisphere, was established here in 1972.
Muckross Traditional Farms are
situated adjacent to Muckross House. These working farms recreate
and portray the traditional farming methods, and way of life,
of a typical local, rural community of the 1930s.
The Walled Garden Centre incorporates
the Garden Restaurant, Mucros
Craft Shop and the three Mucros Craft Workshops. The Garden
Restaurant offers excellent menu choices, while Mucros Craft Shop
offers an extensive range of quality giftware. Handcrafted items
from Mucros Pottery, Mucros
Weaving and Mucros Conservation
Bookbinding are also on sale here.
Why not also visit the audio-visual theatre in The Killarney
National Park Visitor Centre? Based in Muckross House, this 20
minute-long programme entitled, "Mountain, Wood and Water
- Killarney", provides an introduction to Killarney
National Park.
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