Glenveagh (from
Irish:
Gleann Bheatha meaning "glen of life") — covering 110 square kilometres of hillside above
Glenveagh Castle on the shore of Lough Veagh (
Loch Ghleann Bheatha), some 20 km from
Gweedore in
County Donegal,
Ireland — forms the heart of the Glenveagh
National Park (
Páirc Naisiúnta Gleann Bheatha), the largest in Ireland.
[1] The network of mainly informal gardens displays a multitude of exotic and delicate plants from as far afield as
Chile,
Madeira and
Tasmania, all sheltered by
windbreaks of
pine trees and ornamental
rhododendrons.
The estate was established by John Adair, who became infamous for evicting 244 of his tenants and clearing the land so they would not spoil his view of the landscape. The gardens and castle were presented to the Irish nation in 1981 by
Henry P. McIlhenny of
Philadelphia who had purchased the estate in 1937.
The park now has the largest herd of
red deer in Ireland and
golden eagle, formerly
extinct in Ireland, were reintroduced into the park in 2000.
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| Cool mushroom we saw on footpath to enter Glenveagh. |
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| Grapevines. |
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| Anja and John |
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| Dogs on the gate! |
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| Struck Karen as odd to see a modern lamp in an old castle.... |
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| Anja at "The Bubble" |
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