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The Liffey Valley Trail Explore Waterways, Walks, Parks, Historic Properties, Fun Activities and Great Shopping 16 17 25 29 1 5 6 11 12 14 1. Castleknock Village the larger was part of a ring of six in St. 5. The Phoenix Park The house bears an eclectic interior design are hidden somewhere in the grounds. 10. The Strawberry Beds 12. St. Catherine’s Park 14. Shackleton Gardens Located just inside Dublin city’s M50 Werburgh’s Church in Dublin City and was The Phoenix Park is the largest enclosed ranging from the classical style to Jacobean, A stained glass window by Evie Hone, The Liffey where it forms the southwest The demesne of St. Catherine has The Gardens, which are inside a 1.5-acre motorway ring road, beautifully blends the cast in Gloucester in 1747. The bell came to public park in any capital city in Europe. Louis XV, Louis XVI and Georgian. The estate a world-renowned stained glass artist, boundary of Fingal near Lucan has a wildlife had numerous owners since it was first walled garden, are home to an important old with the new, the urban with the rural. St. Brigid’s in 1855. It was originally formed as a royal hunting remained with the Guinness family until was installed in the church in 1935. area of great beauty. Here also are the established in 1219. In 1792 St. Catherine’s collection of herbaceous perennials, grown The magnificent amenity of The Phoenix Park Park in the 1660s and opened to the 1999 when it was purchased by the Irish It depicts St. Fiacre whose feast day Strawberry Beds, so called as the land was was purchased by David la Touché who in large herbaceous borders. During the is on its’ doorstep and is home to the historic The Brook Window, by Harry Clarke, in the public in 1747. A large herd of fallow deer Government and restored for the purposes is 1st September and who is the patron used for a long time for the cultivation of completely rebuilt and refurnished the 1980s, the gardens were included in The Farmleigh House. Castleknock Castle, another north wall of St. Brigid’s Church, depicts St. still remain to this day. The Park is also of providing accommodation for visiting saint of gardeners and cab-drivers. strawberries, has largely been untouched house with ‘curious works of paintings, Good Gardens Guide and were awarded feature of the area, is a ruined Norman castle Hubert, St. Luke and St. George. Well worth home to Dublin Zoo, Áras an Uachtaráin, dignitaries, for high level Government by modern development and provides drawings and sculpture which he had two stars. This is the highest accolade which was established by the Norman knight, viewing, the work was executed in about 1928 and Victorian flower gardens. Both passive meetings, and for public enjoyment. 8. Clonsilla enchanting and picturesque views. The area collected on his travels’ (Dalton 1838). awarded by the Guide and reserved for Hugh Tyrell, who was later appointed as the and is one of the finest examples of his work. and active recreational pursuits may Along with the house the Sunken Garden, Clonsilla used to be a small village in the is now classified as a Special Amenity Area. However the house was burnt to the ground the very best gardens in Britain and Ireland. first Baron of Castleknock. be viewed or pursued such as walking, the Walled Garden, the famous Clock Tower inner western part of County Dublin, but at the end of the 19th century. Also here 3. Sandpit Cottages running, polo, cricket, hurling, and many and the Lake are well worth the visit. it is now a large residential suburban area, 11. Luttrellstown Castle are two wells dedicated to St. Catherine, 15. Waterways This Dublin suburb is home to many well The cottages were built at the end of more. The Castleknock Gate to the park with Ongar and other localities developing www.luttrellstown.ie the water is used as a cure for sore eyes. Dublin 15 boasts three waterways, the rivers known GAA, soccer and athletics clubs the 19th century by the famous Guinness is open 24 hours. 7. St. Mary’s Church, Clonsilla their own identities. Set in a magnificent 227 hectare Liffey and Tolka and the Royal Canal. The along with Castleknock, Elmgreen and Brewery for the employees of their Farmleigh Set in a graveyard the present church was (560-acre) estate Luttrellstown Castle 13. Shackleton Mills Liffey Valley where it passes through Dublin Luttrellstown Golf Clubs. estate. The buildings are typical of the type 6. Farmleigh House built in 1845 with the tower added in 1850. 9. Clonsilla Station Signal Box is a stunning period residence which Shackleton Mills, located on the River Liffey, 15 is beautifully contained between steep of country cottages common to Irish villages. www.farmleigh.ie The bell in the tower is dated 1747 and was Iarnrod Éireann has preserved this beautiful dates from the early 15th century. were owned by the family of Sir Ernest wooded hills around the famous Strawberry 2. St. Brigid’s Church The 32 hectare Farmleigh estate was bought cast in Gloucester. It was a gift from St. signal and control box which is part of Many generations of the Luttrell family Shackleton, the Irish Antarctic Explorer. The Beds. The landscape of the 8km linear The foundation stone of the present Church 4. Guinness Bridge by Arthur E. Guinness, the brewing tycoon, Werburgh’s Church, where it formed part Clonsilla Railway Station. The signal box lived at the castle until it was sold to mills were formerly known as the ‘Devil’s park at the Tolka River Valley varies from was laid on 20th October 1803 and, with the The 52m box truss bridge was built between in 1873. Originally a small Georgian house of a ring of six bells. In 1907 Sir Arthur is composed of a glazed timber-clad Arthur E Guinness in 1930, who bought Mills’, lore had it that the mill had been built pasture land and woodland to wetlands help of a loan of £1,000 in 1809 from the 1872 and 1880 by Edward Cecil Guinness. Farmleigh was refurbished and extended a Vickers, the Ulster King at Arms, following office raised over a red brick base. the estate for his daughter. The castle by the devil in one night as a result of a providing for a wide variety of fauna. The Board of First Fruits, was completed in 1810. It links the south side fields of Waterstown number of times, first between 1881-84, then the advice of a medium he had consulted, From this picturesque structure is now operated as a small luxury wager with the owner of Luttrellstown Castle. Royal Canal has been restored and developed A spire was added to the tower in 1864 but Park in Palmerstown to a tunnel connecting in 1896 when the Ballroom wing was added, came to Clonsilla to search for the stolen overlooking the rail line, the level crossing hotel and golf club. It’s the only surviving mill of its type in Ireland for a range of recreational activities and is was struck by lightning in 1957 and had to to the Farmleigh estate in the Phoenix Park. and again in 1901 with the addition of an insignia of Saint Patrick (the Irish State gates and the signals of yesteryear were with working German machinery using the navigable between Dublin and Co. Longford be removed. The tower houses two bells. adjoining Conservatory. Crown Jewels). The visit ended in failure. manually controlled and operated. roller milling technology of the 1930s. and will ultimately become a Greenway from The smaller was cast in Dublin in 1855, while Rumours still persist that the jewels Dublin to Galway. THE LIFFEY VALLEY TRAIL EXPLORE WATERWAYS, WALKS, PARKS, HISTORIC PROPERTIES, FUN ACTIVITIES AND GREAT SHOPPING 16 17 25 29 16. Tolka Valley Regional Park 19. Blanchardstown Centre 21. Saint Mochta’s Church, 24. St. Thomas’ Mulhuddart. 26. Draíocht 29. Dunsink Observatory The pasture lands and playing fields of the www.blanchardstowncentre.ie Luttrellstown Road In the 15th Century a Church on the site www.draiocht.ie www.dunsink.dias.ie upper section of this 300-acre park give Blanchardstown Centre is a Mecca for St. Mochta was born in Britain but became famous because of its association Draíocht is an acclaimed arts venue which Ireland’s oldest scientific institution, way to woodlands, undulating fields and shoppers and attracts visitors from the four was brought to Ireland as a child by with the Guild of the Blessed Virgin Mary. programmes local, national and international Dunsink Observatory was built in 1783 and wetlands, providing natural habitats for corners of Ireland. It’s Ireland’s largest and his Christian parents. There he became This religious fraternity of prominent local shows from all performance disciplines. The has for over 200 years provided Dublin with a wide range of fauna. The river valley most successful shopping, leisure and retail a disciple of St. Patrick. Porterstown/ people was founded by Act of Parliament multi-purpose venue is used for a broad information on the progress of astronomy. is rich in plant and animal life and a park destination. And it’s easy to see why - Clonsilla has had a church dedicated (23rd of Henry VI). The Church of that time, range of activities including dance, drama, Dunsink Observatory is home of the haven for biodiversity within the city. with over 180 leading high street retailers, to St. Mochta for many centuries. still in ruins, is adjacent to the new cemetery multi-media arts activities and more. Astronomy section of the School of Cosmic numerous cafés and restaurants, together The present Gothic style church was at Mulhuddart, opposite the well that gives Physics.
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