Heywood Gardens, Ballinakill, Co. Laois
Colonel William Hutchinson Poe commissioned the leading architect, Sir Edwin Lutyens, to plan the gardens at Heywood. Known locally as 'The Italian Gardens,' they are the only example of Lutyens' work outside of Dublin. The gardens were completed in 1912 at a cost of £250,000. They consist of formal gardens, lakes, woodland and architectural features, such as gothic gates and artificial ruins, embellished with vandalised medieval pieces such as the window taken from Aghaboe Abbey.
A Beautiful serene place to lose yourself in...
Very quiet and away from tourists.
Heywood Gardens, Co. Laois, Ireland
The eighteenth-century romantic landscape consists of gardens, lakes, woodland and architectural features. It was transferred to State ownership in November 1993 from the Salesian Fathers who had taken care of it since 1941. The formal Gardens form the centre-piece of the property and were designed by the famous architect, Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) and probably landscaped by Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932). It is one of four Gardens in this country designed by him, the others being in the War Memorial Park, Lambay Island and Howth Castle. The Gardens are composed of four elements linked by a terrace that ran along the front of the house which now no longer exists.
Heywood Gardens
Heywood Gardens is the right place if you are looking for lovely, peaceful walk or just place where you can feel peace and enjoy beauty of landscaping and flowers. Located in Ballinakill, Co. Laois.
Heywood Gardens 08.05.2016
Hey you Guys! I little vlog from our today's trip to Heywood Gardens. It is such a lovely place and the weather was superb today. Ideal to visit a place like this. Enjoy!!!
Heywood Garden
Garden in winter.
Heywood Gardens - Tour, Talks and Tea
As part of the inaugural Twin Trees Heywood Festival, being held in Ballinakill, Co. Laois, a Tour, Talks and Tea package is being held to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Edwin Lutyens and his involvement with Heywood Gardens.
A Walk in Heywood Gardens
Heywood Gardens
Heywood Gardens is the site of two garden types: the great park created by Frederick Trench in the late 1700s and the small interlocked formal gardens created by Sir Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll in the early 1900s.
After Trench built Heywood House in 1773, he landscaped the area between his house and the village of Ballinakill. Inspired by his Grand Tour of Europe, Trench moved hills, dug lakes, planted trees and placed follies. His results were considered to be the most exquisite romantic landscape of their time.
In the early 1900s, Colonel Hutchenson Poe hired the eminent architect Sir Edwin Lutyens to create formal gardens around Heywood House. The gardens were probably landscaped by Gertrude Jekyll. Although the house is gone, the gardens are among the best surviving example of Lutyens’ work in Ireland.
Birdsong at Heywood, Ballinakill, Co. Laois Ireland
Sounds you will hear on a walkabout in Heywood
Heywood house gardens Sunday 14 th July 2013
A look a round the gardens at Heywood house Littledale road Caton near Lancaster
Ballinakill 1965
Michael and Annie Penston (nee Woolhead) visit the Farm at Ballinakill near Gorey, Co. Wexford, where his mother Julia (nee Cavanagh from Tara Hill) lived, then visit his brother Tom and his wife Kathleen (nee Atkinson) at Ardamine beach chalet near Courtown.
Film taken by Mike Penston in 1965 using a Kodak Brownie cine camera with ordinary 8mm Kodak colour film.
Bringing Don Bosco to my own home town
Br Padraig McDonald shares his experience of bringing Don Bosco to his own home town of Ballinakill, Co. Laois.
Heywood
Lutyens Jekyll OPW
Ballinakill Vintage and Classic Owners Club 2016 slideshow
Ballaghmore Castle - a Shaky Tour
This is a tour of Ballaghmore Castle, Ireland which we rented for a week while we were there. Built in the 1480s, this was a proper castle!
6:45 for the view from the roof.
Heywood C.S. Graduation Video Class of 2012
Disclaimer: The music is re-arranged and looped but originals belong to Noah and the Whale and the sunrise at the start originally belongs to Disney i suppose. Clearly not made for profit if that means it's left alone..
Unfortunately the acoustics in the gym on the night weren't up to scratch so people's voices wouldn't have been heard. Anyway this is the final version. I'll probably upload all the video footage we have cos there's some brilliant moments that wouldn't have been PC enough for the grad. Enjoy lads