Kenure House & Park

Preserving the history of one of Irelands lost masterpieces, one of the last of its kind in Georgian, Palladian architecture dating from 1200, Book in the works

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Overlap of two images one taken 1890 and one taken today 2022 in the same spot. A reminder of how much built heritage we have lost. We must do more to protect our cultural and built heritage,traditional thatch cottages now under threat due to lack of state level protection

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On the mantelpiece in the Billiard Room, the Palmer family crest and year of marriage of the last Sir Roger and Lady Palmer were engraved seen here in a still from the film Face of Fu Manchu 1965

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A beautifully decorated letter from the people of Rush to Sir Roger and Lady Palmer on their silver wedding anniversary in 1908 signed by 20 locals in the Fingal libraries collection. The last Palmer Baronet and Lady who were generous patrons of Rush village

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One of the best upclose photographs of Kenure house c1940 showing the incredible detail of the exterior architecture, a beautiful country palace nestled in the heart of ancient Celtic forests and parklands now all gone

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Sunrise yesterday morning over the Rush Harbour built by the Dukes of Ormond of Rush House, later Kenure,at the demand of the local fishermen. One of the oldest stone harbours in Ireland built c1600 and still used centuries later

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You can see one of the hand built brick archways here

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Bit of colour added to this image of Walled Gardens,At the end is native Irish Yew which Kenure & Rush got their names and the walk is flanked by some beautiful standard roses. This walk went from one end of the gardens to the other, passing through 3 hand built brick archways

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Some more images of one of Irelands finest lost gardens

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At this time of year, the famous Kenure gardens would be opened to the public,money raised going to the Kenure cottage hospital on Rush main street.The walled gardens were one of the largest and most spectacular in Ireland, sadly Dublin County Council didn't leave a single flower

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@PaulClark_UTV A court order was issued to save the hoise on the grounds of architectural, historical and local importance but sadly it was issued too late and so only the Portico could be saved

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The lone portico watching over the lost Kenure estate. This portico is a reminder to never take our heritage for granted and to the people who destroyed kenure snd many other heritage sites across Ireland and have still neve been held accountable

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The Kenure Tea cabinet one of the most famous and now one of the most valuable in the world sat in the Daly Parlour of Kenure from 1765 to 1964. Now in unknown private ownership. Commissioned by 1st Sir Roger Palmer and Lady Eleanor Ambrose and created hy Thomas Chippendale

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The Billiard Room
This is the only known photo of the stunning billiard room located above the dining room. The stunning ceiling works from 1700s and handcarved mantelpiece. Few shots from the films made at Kenure, the walls in colour not the original decor, the wall was Blue

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The dining room was one the largest reception rooms at Kenure located on the ground floor with views across the front lawns. The ceilings dated to the original house built c1715 by the Dukes of Ormond making them some of the oldest original works when the council destroyed them

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@Terfalacious This is Eleanor Ambrose, Lady Palmer known as Irelands most Dangerous Catholic by Britain's George II because of her work for a free Ireland. The Palmers also donated land and money for the catholic church now Rush Library, people in Rush still today angry this house was knocked

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@Terfalacious This house was never targeted during the Irish war of independence or civil war, the family made relief available during the famine to ensure people of Rush did not starve and the first Lady Palmer spent her life advocating for a free Ireland in the 1700s.

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Did young know
The name Kenure comes from the Gaelic Irish, Ceann Lubhair, meaning Headland of the yew tree, a native Irish tree that used to cover the kenure estate and Rush until its demolition. The Palmers officially changed the name from Rush House to Kenure around early 1700

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@TaeSavesLives @lpearsemoran I respect your opinion but in my opinion it is in our culture as it was Irish people who maintained the house and my own family maintained the gardens which were known as one of the most beautiful in Ireland, where I got my love for gardening and horticulture

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@lpearsemoran @TaeSavesLives I personally love St. Patricks hall and the Red drawing room in Dublin Castle but everyone has their own view on these houses, I would love to see the castle host more free or low cost events open to the public, Dublin tradfest was on there over covid & broadcasted was very good

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@Breandn Yes Roddy Palmer had to sell all the contents due to rising costs and huge tax bills but the house was in structurally sound condition, an American couple offered a large sum of money to the council to buy it but were denied twice, sadly the council simply wanted kenure for parts

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@Breandn No the Palmers left it in very good condition when Dublin County Counci bought it. Sadly though, roof "mysteriously" was taken one night, so the water seeped through the house, also the house "mysteriously" went on fire after the council had taken out any valuable infrastructure

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@lpearsemoran @TaeSavesLives As I've said, the council received many substantial offers to buy the house from numerous people and organisation's but as I've said they were corrupt and simply wanted the house for parts, people of Rush protestd but to no avail