Newly-harvested fields opposite Old School Garden
‘Suddenly now we see cornfields white,
Ready for harvest, while the summer sun
Shines down with welcome warmth, its brilliant light
Making the heat-haze dance, as one by one
The humming harvesters crawl ‘cross the fields,
And once again good grain the good earth yields.
The roads are busy with the hurrying horde
Of folks on holiday; the heavens are clear
And blue, so very blue, with their reward
For those who have the time to stand and stare.
For there young swallows mount into the sky,
And thistledown upon the breeze dreams by.
Grasshoppers chirr, and where the creeper clings
A peacock butterfly outspreads its wings.’
Guest article by Bill O’Rielly of Knocklyon Florists
with thanks to Bill O’Rielly of Knocklyon Florists in Dublin, Ireland
Ardgillan Castle
Emerging out of the woodland, one encounters the first view of Ardgillan Castle as the grounds roll down to it and beyond to the Irish Sea, 20 miles north of Dublin city. When the skies are clear, just visible are the Mourne mountains, across the bay, as they “sweep down to the sea”.
Of course it isn’t a Castle at all, but a rather comfortable country house with towers and battlements, the home of the Taylor family for 200 years, until purchased by Dublin County Council in 1982. The name Ardgillan is derived from the Irish Ard Choill meaning High Wood. Of course, Castles usually have the requisite ghost and the footbridge over the main road leading to the grounds is known as The Lady’s Stairs, due to the apparition of a ghostly lady there from time to time.
194 acres of wild woodlands, walled gardens,an impressive…
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