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Muckross House Killarney Ireland

Historically Known As: Bourn-Vincent Memorial Park

Vicinity: Dromyrourk, Killarney

Phone: 353 64 667 0144

Travel Genus: Sight , Visit
Sight Category: Museums

Located on the small Muckross Peninsula between Muckross Lake and Lough Leane, Muckross House, Gardens and Traditional Farms is a heritage museum and gardens 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the town of Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland.

Muckross House is Victorian mansion close to the shores of Muckross Lake in the Killarney National Park. Today the principal rooms are furnished in period style and portray the elegant lifestyle of the nineteenth century landowning class. - AsNotedIn

Y/M/D	Person	Association	Description	Composition	Food	Event
Y/M/D	Person	Association	Description	Composition	Food	Event
1839/00/00	William Burn	Architect	Construction begins on Muckross House for Henry and Mary Herbert. This is actually the fourth house that successive generations of the Herbert family had occupied at Muckross over a period of almost two hundred years.
1843/00/00			Muckross House is completed for Henry Arthur Herbert and his wife, Mary Balfour Herbert. The plans for a bigger servants' wing, stable block, orangery and summer-house, are believed to have been altered at Mary's request.
1860/00/00			During the 1850s, the Herberts undertake extensive garden works in preparation for Queen Victoria's visit in 1861. Other provisions include tapestries, mirrors, Persian carpets, silverware, musical instruments, linen, china and servants uniforms.
1861/00/00	Queen Victoria of England	Visitor	Herbert family host Queen Victoria and her royal party for two nights. The curtains that still hang dining room were specially woven for the occasion.
1899/00/00	Sir Arthur Guinness	Owner	Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun who wanted to preserve the dramatic landscape buys Muckross. He does not live in the house himself, but rents it out to wealthy groups as a hunting lodge.
1911/08/00	William B Bourn II	Home	William Bourn buys the Muckross estate from Lord and Lady Ardilaun. It is at this time that the Sunken Garden, Rock Garden and the Stream Garden are developed.
1929/00/00			Arthur and Maud Vincent receive Muckross House as a wedding present from the brides parents Mr and Mrs William Bowers Bourn.
1932/00/00	William B Bourn II	Benefactor	Arthur Rose Vincent and his wife's parents, Mr and Mrs William donate the 11,000 acre Muckross estate to the Irish nation as the "Bourn-Vincent Memorial Park", the first National Park in the Republic of Ireland.

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Person

Association

Description

Composition

Food

Event

Y/M/D

Person

Association

Description

Composition

Food

Event

1839/00/00

William Burn

Architect

Construction begins on Muckross House for Henry and Mary Herbert. This is actually the fourth house that successive generations of the Herbert family had occupied at Muckross over a period of almost two hundred years.

1843/00/00

Muckross House is completed for Henry Arthur Herbert and his wife, Mary Balfour Herbert. The plans for a bigger servants' wing, stable block, orangery and summer-house, are believed to have been altered at Mary's request.

1860/00/00

During the 1850s, the Herberts undertake extensive garden works in preparation for Queen Victoria's visit in 1861. Other provisions include tapestries, mirrors, Persian carpets, silverware, musical instruments, linen, china and servants uniforms.

1861/00/00

Queen Victoria of England

Visitor

Herbert family host Queen Victoria and her royal party for two nights. The curtains that still hang dining room were specially woven for the occasion.

1899/00/00

Sir Arthur Guinness

Owner

Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun who wanted to preserve the dramatic landscape buys Muckross. He does not live in the house himself, but rents it out to wealthy groups as a hunting lodge.

1911/08/00

William B Bourn II

Home

William Bourn buys the Muckross estate from Lord and Lady Ardilaun. It is at this time that the Sunken Garden, Rock Garden and the Stream Garden are developed.

1929/00/00

Arthur and Maud Vincent receive Muckross House as a wedding present from the brides parents Mr and Mrs William Bowers Bourn.

1932/00/00

William B Bourn II

Benefactor

Arthur Rose Vincent and his wife's parents, Mr and Mrs William donate the 11,000 acre Muckross estate to the Irish nation as the "Bourn-Vincent Memorial Park", the first National Park in the Republic of Ireland.

Particulars for Muckross House Killarney Ireland:
Area of Significance	Architecture
Area of Significance	Art
Sight Category	Building
Area of Design	Decorative Arts
Landscape Architecture	Garden
Museum Type	Historical Museum
Sociology	Living History
Building Type	Mansion
Criteria	Person
Historic Use	Single dwelling

Particulars for Muckross House Killarney Ireland:

Area of Significance

Architecture

Area of Significance

Art

Sight Category

Building

Area of Design

Decorative Arts

Landscape Architecture

Garden

Museum Type