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They're not Fairy Rings of course, but rather enclosures to keep the sheep from eating the plants? To start the week we visit Valentia in Co. Kerry once again and this time to "Glenleam" and what appears to be an hotel or guesthouse. Mr. French appears to have been blessed with sunshine on his visits to the island and got some lovely images of that place at that time. This cabinet sized shot was taken after a trek it seems as he seemed to prefer Royals when he was on ground level!

Our intrepid contributors tell us that Glanleam House and Glanleam Gardens are still open to visitors. And, though originally built in the late 18th century, still owe much of their current layout to Peter George Fitzgerald, 'Knight of Kerry', who the gardens in the early to mid 19th century.....


Photographer: Robert French

Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection

Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Possibly end of range c.1900 or later.

NLI Ref: L_CAB_03879

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Date Taken on 18 February 2009, 14:31
Source Fairy Rings and Flagpoles.
Author National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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glenleam, valentia co. kerry, hotel, guesthouse, fairy rings, flagpole, robert french, william lawrence, lawrence collection, lawrence photographic studio, the lawrence photograph collection, glass negative, national library of ireland, glanleam, glanleam house, glanleam gardens, linen mill, sir peter fitzgerald, valentia, valencia, kerry, munster
Camera location51° 55′ 26.23″ N, 10° 19′ 09.11″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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