Irish Landscapes – Mount Juliet Estate, Co.Kilkenny
Irish Landscapes
Mount Juliet Estate
county Kilkenny
Nigel Borrington
Mount Juliet was built in 1757 by the Earl of Carrick in compliment to his wife, Lady Juliana (Juliet). This estate has very strong Norman associations and in particular with the great Butler family.
The estate was originally two separate estates called Walton’s Grove and Ballylinch. The Waltons were the owners until 1653 when they were dispossessed by Oliver Cromwell. It later fell into the hands of King James II. It was then sold to a Mr Sweet, followed by a Mr Kendal who changed it’s name to ‘Kendal’s Grove’ in 1719. Mr Kendal left the entire property to the local Rev. Bushe who retrieved an important portfolio for him after being ‘mugged’ by a highway!
Rev. Bushe was wildly extravagant, ran up enormous debts and eventually sold the estate to his neighbour, the Earl of Carrick. It remained in this family from the 1750s until 1914, when the present Earl sold the estate to the McCalmont family who lived here until quite recently.
Nigel Borrington 
As Ever, Nigel, your posts bring a Smile to my Heart. So Beautiful. In fact, your first image has Inspired. Might I have your most kind permission to use it in an upcoming post ? I will, of course, credit you as the photographer and link to your page.
Thank You for the Beauty you Share 🙂
February 16, 2016 at 3:03 pm
Thank you, no problem 🙂
February 16, 2016 at 3:18 pm
I very Much Appreciate your generosity 🙂
February 16, 2016 at 4:12 pm
Please leave the image as is , name at the bottom , thank you
February 16, 2016 at 3:20 pm
I certainly will. Thank You Ever So Much 🙂 its Beautiful!
February 16, 2016 at 4:12 pm
Wow these are stunning Nigel! I was looking for your dog in the photos.
My the greens are so stunning! 😀
February 16, 2016 at 3:46 pm
hi Michelle 🙂
Thank you , very pleased you love the post 🙂 🙂
Sadly Michelle Molly pass away in early December, she was 12 1/2 year old and had been at my side everyday, all that time travelling everywhere 🙂 🙂
https://nigelborrington.com/2016/01/28/january-and-some-thoughts-about-molly/
I posted to few tributes to her like this one and one just after she died :
https://nigelborrington.com/2015/12/07/to-molly-our-pal-and-great-friend/
As you can imagine she is missed very much, I am only just getting use to walks with out her but have some great times to look back on and great fun memories 🙂 🙂
Thank you for thinking about her Michelle – it was great for me to know you remembered her 🙂 🙂
February 16, 2016 at 4:00 pm
Thank you again, Nigel, for these wonderful photographs. Also for the trouble you go to in providing a context for them. Always a pleasure to read your poems and the historical back grounding you offer us.
February 16, 2016 at 5:41 pm