Thanks for the poem My line is from the Wingfields Regrds Mary

Hi Mary - (Love it when somebody responds to my posts with more information!!!) So your line is from the WINGFIELDs. I understand that the mansion's interior is partially restored after a 1974 fire, and there are meticulously kept aristocratic gardens - Ireland's best! The house was commissioned in the 1730s by Richard WINGFIELD, first viscount of Powerscourt, as you are no doubt aware. Per a recent guide book - The gardens were created during the Victorian era (1858-75), and are called "the grand finale of Europe's formal gardening tradition ... probably the last garden of its size." As a backdrop is the impressive summit of the Great Sugar Loaf Mountain, and there is a fine Japanese garden, Italian garden and what has been called a "goofy" pet cemetery - what would that be like??? Apparently there was a movie, "Barry Lyndon" filmed in this green, well-watered aristocratic area of Wicklow. The Gardens of Powerscourt, a mile above the village of Enniskerry, cover several thousand acres within the 16,000 acre estate and the "dreamy driveway" alone is a mile long. There is a nearby waterfall four miles away. Thanks for your comment. (The correct title of CLEARY's beautiful poem is "A Trip to Powerscourt." - my subject line was off.) Jean xx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Connell" <doug.connell@sympatico.ca> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 12:11 PM Subject: [IRELAND] RE: VISIT TO POWERSCOURT. > Thanks for the poem My line is from the Wingfields > Regrds > Mary