My wife's ancestors - Fitzwilliam - Contents
Mount Merrion - The grounds and Deer Park
- Sources yet to be consulted:
- Research on Deerpark by Denis Cogan, 1999.
The Deer Park was landscaped by the Fitzwilliams in the 1700s.
"Beyond the house to the west, across a smooth lawn, is a thick wood, intersected with walks and adorned with temples and rural structures of various kinds, while through the park stretch away two drives, one disused and grass-grown leading under an archway of noble trees to Foster's Avenue, and the other, commanding lovely views of Dublin and its bay, leading to Mount Anville and Dundrum." - [Ball, vol.2, 1903].
This westward-headed drive is possibly the walk in the Deer Park that runs along the N boundary of the park from the church to the Mt Anville gates. It seems that this ordinary park walk is over two hundred years old.
"Deerpark" is now a public park, opened to the public in 1971.
Deer Park, Mount Merrion.
From here.
Dublin Bay from the Deer Park.
From [Mount Merrion Estates, 1925-26].
The Three Rock Mountain
from the Deer Park.
From [Mount Merrion Estates, 1925-26].
"Entrance to the Rock Garden".
From [Mount Merrion Estates, 1925-26].
The N Avenue
"A second double avenue of great elms still marks the road which leads to Merrion Castle by way of Foster avenue, a relic of the days when my Lord Viscount Fitzwilliam rode up from his stronghold, down by the sands of Dublin Bay, to hunt the stag in the hills." - [Wilkinson, 1925].This is presumably now North Avenue.
St.Thomas' church, Foster Ave.
From [Mount Merrion Estates, 1925-26].
- Deerpark
- There is a "Deerpark Road".
- Deerpark Motors
- Church of Ireland Parish of Mount Merrion
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Mount Merrion House.
