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Mount Merrion - The grounds and Deer Park




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].







Return to Mount Merrion House.



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