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Explore the Estate and Gardens

As well as being boasting the finest in Irish Victorian architecture Markree Castle is also famous for its wonderful estate and gardens.  Situated on 800 acres on unspoilt park and woodland.  The river Unsin, one of the cleanest in Europe is home to otters and kingfishers as well as a whole host of other wildlife.  The estate has recently been included in studies of rare Daubenton’s Bats and native Irish Red Squirrels (which are regularly seen in the surrounding woodlands).  Early morning walks in the grounds will afford glimpses of foxes, badgers and hares as well as fallow deer.  Our resident flock of Wensleydale sheep add a touch of domesticity to this wildlife haven. 

As well as providing a haven for Irish wildlife, Markree Castle boasts some of the very best in Victorian garden design.  A garden-lover’s delight, Markree plays host to a number of interesting and beautiful plants in its herbaceous borders, shrubbery and beyond.  The newly planted Winter Garden as well as the current restoration work on the Victorian Rockery attest to the continuing development of what has to be one of the finest gardens in the northwest.