The couple are passionate about art, however, and in 2005 William converted a wing into Lismore Castle Arts, an award-winning gallery. Their collecting extends to the gardens, with a love seat by ...

Robert O’Byrne is more au fait than most with the concept of the Kunstkammer, or cabinet of curiosities, a room or suite of ...

Lismore Castle garden gets royal treatment. Bees, flower meadows and native fruits are among the plans for Lismore gardens under new head gardener Darren Topps, formerly of Cornwall’s Eden Project.

Ireland’s Lismore Castle, built in 1185 by King John on the site of a seventh-century monastery, could be said to serve as a kunstkammer—or cabinet of curiosities—of sorts.

Lismore Castle Gardens, Lismore, County WaterfordLismore Castle Gardens are exactly how I imagined my storybook garden to be, complete with a fairytale castle and Prince Charming throwin for good ...

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Lismore Castle serves up a rich palimpsest of themes for new show Irish home of the Dukes of Devonshire is grand backdrop to works by Martine Syms, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Nicole Eisenman, among ...

Flanked by the Knockmealdown Mountains to the north and blown by fresh ocean breezes, the Blackwater Valley is rich in history, culture and natural beauty. Lismore Castle lies at the heart of ...

The castle: Likely built in the mid-1500s, this is a later example of the tower-style house. The British ousted the family who built it, and the castle ended up in ruins.

Sasha Sykes’s Belonging is a resin chest holding a variety of flowers and plants picked from Lismore Castle’s famous gardens and, in the process of the work’s casting, holding time.

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However, the Lismore Castle Gardens are open to the public 7 days a week and even offer several art exhibitions each year for visitors to stroll around and enjoy the specially designed gardens.