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Leixlip is a charming town with a castle and beautiful walkways with stunning scenery. Leixlip just being situated outside of Dubin gives visitors as chance to explore many activities in Dublin. Stretching from parks with long walkways to castles and cruises along rivers.
The history of Arthur Guinness and his family in Kildare.
The legendary substance that is Guinness will soon be entering its 263rd year of production and its content is as legendary as its history. There is no doubt about the fact that Guinness is the dark stuff of legend and has captured the world’s tastebuds for generations. It is in fact, almost synonymous with land itself.
Leixlip village was established by the vikings. Adam de hereford, a follower of strongbow, built the castle. Features of the castle include, the front hall, which boasts a 17th century brussels tapestry depicting theodotus offering the head of pompey to caesar. The dining room is furnished with chippendale chairs and bavarian tapestries.
This is a very pleasant, country walk, with the sights, sounds and smells of the open air, away from all traffic, which is just a distant hum. It meanders along beside the liffey between lucan and leixlip. The lucan entrance is opposite the mcdonald’s and the
Maxol garage, on the west side of the town. It is a marked slí na sláinte walk, 2.2 kilometres, about 30 minutes each way. The path is tarmacadamed all the way, wheelchair and pushchair accessible, but it is rather steep at the Leixlip end.
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The Bog of Allen nature centre is located close by in Rathangan county Kildare. The aim of the centre is to preserve a portion of Irish peatlands for future generations to enjoy. Today there are 250,000 peatlands conserved in Ireland and this represents a huge 50% of Europe peatlands.
While visiting the Bog of Allen nature centre, visitors can expect guests can explore the vast boglands of Ireland and also experience life through a 1960’s Irish traditional cottage.
Larchill Archadian Gardens is a Ferme Ornée’ or ornamental farm and is one of the last of its kind left in Europe. The Ferme Ornée gardens of the mid 18th century were an expression in landscape gardening of the romantic movement. After being freed from the restrictions of the 17th century formal garden, the Ferne Ornée gardens were born.
Founded in the early 13th century, it was the seat of the power for the Fitzgeralds and Earls of Kildare – the two most powerful families in Ireland at that time. Maynooth Castle was one of the largest and richest Geraldine dwellings. With spectacular surrounding gardens and greenery. It is a must see!
Castletown House is Ireland largest palladian style house and is of huge importance to Ireland’s architectural heritage. Founded between 1722 and 1729 for William Connolly, speaker of the House of Irish common, Castletown house was designed to reflect its owners power and it did. The identity of the architect of the house is still subject to debate…
…but the façade, built of ardbraccan limestone, was designed by the Italian architect Alessandro Galilei (1691–1737).
