This area of Dublin is a golfer’s paradise with no less than two excellent courses on offer. Grange Castle golf club (353 1 464 1039) is an 18 hole, par 71 course, over 155 acres of parkland with a beautiful backdrop of the Dublin Mountains. Newlands golf club (353 1 459 3498) is a fine modern club which enjoys a unique setting in a 17th Century parkland estate, 18 holes, par 71.
Angling enthusiasts are well catered for at the Corkagh Park Fishery (353 1 459 2622) which is the biggest leisure angling lake in Dublin, and is comprised of two lakes over seven acres of fishing space.
The venerable garden at Killruddery, beautifully situated on the flank of the Little Sugar Loaf, is a unique survivor of history. Edward de Brabazon commissioned a Monsieur Bonet, trained at Versailles, to create the formal gardens there in 1682. ...
Castleknock Golf Club is a recent addition to the Dublin golfing scene. It is set in a truly serene oasis and is designed to reflect the grandeur of its location as it is on lands that were part of the Somerton Demesne originally owned by Sir Geo ...
For centuries, the hill where Avon Rí is now located looked out over a valley created by the Liffey and King's River. Avon Rí has taken its name from the latter and now looks out of the Blessington Lakes – a reservoir created ...
Lusk Heritage Centre is made up of a 9th century round tower which stands 27 metres tall and contains 9 floors, a medieval belfry and a 19th century church and while they are all connected they were built over a period of almost a thousand years. ...
Up on a hill overlooking Leixlip village, just eight miles from Dublin city centre, this fine Georgian house was built in 1722 and is furnished and decorated to a high standard in period style and, with gleaming antique furniture and gilt-framed ...
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