timoleague castle gardens

This charming informal garden on the banks of the Argideen river has been created by five generations of the Travers family.
The 121 ha estate was originally purchased with the village of Timoleague by Colonel Robert E. Travers in 1818 and he began laying out the grounds around the later Georgian house he built there. Each generation of the Travers family has added to the gardens over the intervening 160 years.

The gardens are a tribute to their plantsmanship and palm trees and other frost tender plants flourish among species from all over the world. The ruins of a 13th century tower built by the Barrymores stands in the grounds.

The 7th Viscount Barrymore sold the lands together with much of his vast Irish estate in the early 19th century. The Georgian house was burnt during the 'Troubles' and replaced by a new stone building.