Muckross House and Farm - July 6th
Woke up a little later today, after the long day yesterday, and sauntered down to breakfast around 9:15. Good food again. Gwen had the "pancakes" that were almost thin enough to be crepes, but they were good, especially with more butter!
Today, the choice was visiting the Muckross House built around the turn of the 19th century, and the remaining farm buildings that supported the families and 25 servants. You can Google it for the rest of the details.
It is pretty impressive, being similar in cultural heritage to the Vanderbilt mansion, etc..., in the U.S. It was, however, built of stone, rather than wood. No photography was allowed inside the home.
Fire escape below was built for Queen Victoria so she would stay at the house.
The East side of the home had a garden with many types of flowers, as did much of the rest of the grounds.
Above - fuschia bloom; below - foxglove
Below - the sweetest rose of all
To the South of the house is a large, open area that slopes down to a large lake on the estate.
Half way down to the lake, looking North, back at the estate.
The buildings were also used to showcase many of the prior functions. There are continual reinactments of baking (the building where the chickens were), blacksmith, carpenter, butcher, weaving, and a school room. The buildings also contained much of the original furniture and tools. Not every one was active, but we did get to see the weaver, baker, blacksmith, and teachers.
Also around the farm were various types of farm animals.
There is a 2km self guided loop around the farm. The pictures are in no particular order.
We teachers had to participate in the role playing!
No, none of these were the original users of the farm.....
Muckross house was very interesting and well worth the visit.
Back home for a nap.
Today, the choice was visiting the Muckross House built around the turn of the 19th century, and the remaining farm buildings that supported the families and 25 servants. You can Google it for the rest of the details.
It is pretty impressive, being similar in cultural heritage to the Vanderbilt mansion, etc..., in the U.S. It was, however, built of stone, rather than wood. No photography was allowed inside the home.
Fire escape below was built for Queen Victoria so she would stay at the house.
The East side of the home had a garden with many types of flowers, as did much of the rest of the grounds.
Above - fuschia bloom; below - foxglove
Below - the sweetest rose of all
To the South of the house is a large, open area that slopes down to a large lake on the estate.
Half way down to the lake, looking North, back at the estate.
The buildings were also used to showcase many of the prior functions. There are continual reinactments of baking (the building where the chickens were), blacksmith, carpenter, butcher, weaving, and a school room. The buildings also contained much of the original furniture and tools. Not every one was active, but we did get to see the weaver, baker, blacksmith, and teachers.
Also around the farm were various types of farm animals.
There is a 2km self guided loop around the farm. The pictures are in no particular order.
We teachers had to participate in the role playing!
No, none of these were the original users of the farm.....
Muckross house was very interesting and well worth the visit.
Back home for a nap.
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