Our Travelers' Diaries
Writers, Myths, and Legends - A Journey to Ireland
Submitted by Lois

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We travelled south for the day to County Wicklow and visited several spots associated with film-making. One was the beautiful estate called Powerscourt. Laurence Olivier's Henry V movie was partially filmed here in 1943. The estate building was originally built in the 1700s but burnt down in 1974. So, the house is not the real attraction: the gardens are. We didn't have time to walk and enjoy all of them! It's a 1000-acre estate! The gardens were designed and created by Daniel Robertson from 1745-67, and include everything from Italian gardens (note the photo of the perron using granite and pebbles from the town of Bray, near Powerscourt) to the beautiful winged horses leading to Trition Lake, to a Japanese garden, to a Pet Cemetery. I didn't get all the pictures I wanted as my flash died and I didn't have the spare. Their official site is:
http://www.powerscourt.ie/gardens/

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