16-october-2016-nireekshak ઉપરની લીટી પર ક્લિક કરતાં અંક પી.ડી.એફ. ફોર્મેટમાં ખુલશે જે તને વાંચી શકશો અને ડાઉનલોડ કરી શકશો. …
Source: નિરીક્ષક: 16 ઓક્ટોબર , 2016
The Muckross House is a 65-room Victorian mansion that was built in 1843 by the Scottish architect, William Burn, for Henry and Mary Herbert.
Unlike the magnificent castles, which changed ownership through bloodshed, estates were built and bartered by private monies, and in the early 19oo’s Muckross was bought by a wealthy Californian as a wedding gift for his daughter.
I have to confess, I felt a slight twinge of envy when I heard about having a dad wealthy enough to give such a gift! (Isn’t it amazing how alluring riches can be?)
However, in 1932 the estate was given as a gift back to Ireland by the family after the dear woman died (now, none of us envy an early death, do we?), and it was largely through this donation that Killarney National Park was founded.
We arrived too late to tour the home (which I’d love to do…
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