Muckross House

Our tour guide was sooooo nice and knowledgeable. She gave us a very thorough tour of this house, and made sure we were all comfortable. I also loved her sense of humor! This mansion has a long history — very interesting to be able to walk through the house and imagine what life was like back in the late 1800s. Muckross House is located just a few miles down the road from Main Street Killarney (about a 10min drive). We came on a day when it was pouring rain — wish we could’ve walked around the grounds a bit more.

Das Muckross House ist von Reiseführern und Internetportalen sehr umworben.
Absolut zu recht, denn es ist ein beeindruckendes Anwesen mit einem riesigen Garten, in dem verschiedenste Pflanzen und Bäume zu bestaunen sind. Gerade Gartenfreunde kommen hier auf ihre Kosten.
Ich hatte mir das Gebäude vorher allerdings besser vorgestellt.

We missed the last guided tour, but we hate guided tours anyway, so we just had a pleasant walk around the pretty grounds and gardens.
Pro Tip: Beware of your GPS device if you’re arriving East from N22… it’ll send you on some scenic but crazy backroads!

Muckross House was not even on my radar until our driver suggested that we go here. I love old houses, especially one with period pieces inside, so this was a really good idea on her part.
This is a Victorian mansion built for the Herberts. They did a lot to the place in preparation for the visit of Queen Victoria and, in fact, the piece that they presented to her as a gift is there now (she wouldn’t take it back with her, so it was sold or donated and had quite a life before being donated back to the house. What a B though! Take your present!). In fact, the preparations and money spent for that visit would pretty much cause the family to go broke. And then she didn’t even take her gift. Tsk tsk. Many other period pieces are there and it is really cool to see what a hunting lodge would look like. Yeah, it looks like a mansion to regular people. The tour was great and went into many of the rooms. Especially cool were tidbits about the architecture and the kitchen tools/​implements. There are also gardens and a farm. The location has some fantastic views — you can totally see why you would build a mansion here.
Definitely recommend coming here if you like to see how people back in the 1800s lived. Well, if you like to see how rich folks in the 1800s lived.