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Powerscourt Estate (Irish: Eastát Chúirt an Phaoraigh), located in Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland, is a large country estate which is noted for its house and landscaped gardens, today occupying 19 hectares (47 acres).
The extensive formal gardens form the grounds of an 18th-century Palladian house, designed by Richard Cassels, which was destroyed by fire in 1974, and lay as a shell until extensive restorations were carried out in 1996. Powerscourt Waterfall in the grounds of the estate, at 121 metres, is the highest waterfall in Ireland. [citation needed]
King George IV was the guest of Richard Wingfield, 5th Viscount Powerscourt in August 1821. [7] Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt inherited the title and the Powerscourt estate, which comprised 49,000 acres (198 km 2) of land in Ireland, at the age of 8 in 1844. When he reached the age of 21 he embarked on an extensive renovation of ...
Powerscourt may refer to: Powerscourt (horse) (born 2000), a thoroughbred racehorse; Powerscourt cocktail, a brandy-based cocktail; Powerscourt Covered Bridge, a Canadian McCallum truss bridge; Powerscourt Estate, County Wicklow, Ireland Powerscourt Golf Club, on the estate; Powerscourt House, Dublin, a townhouse, interior is now a shopping centre
Powerscourt Waterfall (Irish: Eas Chonaill) [1] is the second highest waterfall in Ireland at 121 metres (397 ft) high, [2] [3] it is located at the base of Glensoulan on the River Dargle near Enniskerry, County Wicklow.
Wells House and Gardens is a Victorian tudor gothic country house museum, around 7 km north-west of Kilmuckridge, County Wexford, Ireland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was designed by Daniel Robertson (of Powerscourt and Kilruddery House in County Wicklow and Johnstown Castle ) in the 1830s. [ 1 ]
Songs from the Heart was originally filmed as a TV special for American broadcaster PBS, as well as a DVD release, at Powerscourt House and Gardens near Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland, in July 2009. The concert was filmed by Alex Coletti Productions and Brennus Productions with editing by the Windmill Lane Post Production studios in Dublin.
Wingfield would have seen and met the Reverend Robert Daly as a child, when he was the rector of Powerscourt Estate. Wingfield appears to have been deeply affected by the death of the first wife of Richard Wingfield, 5th Viscount Powerscourt, her cousin Francis Theodosia Bligh, at age 25 in 1820, inspiring an intense spirituality. In her ...