3-082-568 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Homes of Irish Landlords - No. I. Curraghmore: views in the park, 1895. 'In the lovely county of Waterford, not far from the prosperous little town of Portlaw, which stands on the Clodagh, a tributary of the Suir, is Curraghmore, the seat of the Marquis of Waterford. The splendid mansion stands in grounds whose beauty is extremely varied. The white sheet of water near the house is a mirror in which the woodland finds a fair reflection. The estate within the walls covers an area of at least 2500 acres, of which about half is under timber. One of the present nobleman's predecessors added to this several extensive farms contiguous to the walls of Curraghmore, and by this means increased the area by 1500 acres. You can ramble through miles of delightful woods, with noble oak-trees casting a grateful shade, or you can ascend to the uplands and find on the peaks of the hills limestone rocks which are a mass of clearly defined marine shells. The impression which is left on the mind after traversing this grand estate is one of the lavish magnificence with which it is endowed. The river "glideth at its own sweet will" through land with verdure clad, and looks like a silver thread which has lost its way through the green handiwork of Dame Nature'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.