Coole Park

My Heritage Studies course went to Coole Park today, which is a Nature Reserve that was the property of Lady Augusta Gregory, a playwright, writer, and co-founder of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.

She would have sat there writing!

 

The visitor center was presented in a way to explain the life of Lady Gregory and her family, super rich in Heritage. It was really well taken care of and was extraordinarily interesting to look around.

The outdoor portion of the park was stunning. It was over 6 kilometers of native trees and plants, mixed with bits and pieces of the original structures.

There was one portion that was pretty barren, but it was politely explained that the trees in that location were never supposed to be permanent, and they had been a temporary solution to a problem. Those trees were not native and were taken out in order to let biodiversity take effect and allow natural, native species to grow back.

The Autograph Tree was one that Lady Gregory would have people carve their initials into. Famous poets and friends to Lady Gregory are still found written on the tree, such as Jack. B Yeats. It was pretty COOLE ;D

My Classmate, Gnoll, for size!