Description: <p style="margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:18.0pt; margin-left:0cm; background:white;"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#2C3643;">Newbridge House Demesne opened as a regional park in 1986, with
approximately 370 acres of gently undulating pastureland, woodland walks, a
deer park, lime kiln, the ruins of Lanistown Castle, watercourses and pleasure
grounds.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:18.0pt; margin-left:0cm; background:white; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; text-align:start; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; box-sizing:inherit; word-spacing:0px;"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#2C3643;">The focal point of the Demesne is Newbridge House which was
built by the Cobbe family in the mid 1700s and is open to the public. The
cobbled courtyard includes a restaurant and a range of interesting
outbuildings. Other visitor attractions include Newbridge Traditional
Farm where you can see old breeds of farm animals, as well as displays of
machinery which were part of Irish farming life in previous centuries. The
Walled Garden has extensive orchards and a collection of old Irish apple
varieties. Two 19th Century glasshouses have recently been restored and
sections of the walled garden have been replanted with herbaceous borders.
In 1717, Charles Cobbe (1686-1765) came to Ireland as private secretary
and chaplain to his kinsman Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton and Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland. Cobbe began purchasing lands on the Donabate peninsula in 1736 and
commissioned the celebrated architect James Gibbs in 1744 to design a plan
for the rebuilding of Newbridge House. Work began in 1747 and Newbridge is
Gibbs’s only executed work in Ireland</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:18.0pt; margin-left:0cm; background:white; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; text-align:start; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; box-sizing:inherit; word-spacing:0px;"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#2C3643;">After passing through the Cobbe family throughout the
centuries, the family gave the house and sold the demesne to Dublin County
Council (now Fingal County Council) in 1985, entering into a rare agreement
under which the historic family-owned pictures, furniture, chattels and
documents, are kept in situ whilst the Cobbe family remains in residence. As a
result of this agreement, the interiors of Newbridge House are remarkably
complete and amongst the best preserved in Ireland</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:18.0pt; margin-left:0cm; background:white; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; text-align:start; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; box-sizing:inherit; word-spacing:0px;"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#2C3643;">From the gently undulating wildflower meadows of the Park to the
stately grandeur of the Georgian Mansion, Newbridge Demesne truly is an
experience for all ages and in all seasons. Families adore the 18th
century working Farm and state of the art Adventure Playground, rounding off
their visit with homemade treats in the Courtyard Tearooms. Enter the
Farm via its 18th-century cobbled courtyard and visit a vast array of animals
ranging from the Shetland and Connemara ponies of the paddock to the piglets,
goats and baby chicks of the farmyard.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:18.0pt; margin-left:0cm; background:white; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; text-align:start; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; box-sizing:inherit; word-spacing:0px;"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#2C3643;">The Park also includes a major Children's Playground and Sports
Pitches.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:18.0pt; margin-left:0cm; background:white; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; text-align:start; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; box-sizing:inherit; word-spacing:0px;"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#2C3643;">The Park is situated within easy walking distance of Donabate
Village. By car, it is signposted from the M1/N1 just north of Swords. By
train, visitors should use theNorthbound trains from Connolly or Pearse Street
stations stopping at Donabate train station. T</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:18.0pt; margin-left:0cm; background:white; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; text-align:start; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; box-sizing:inherit; word-spacing:0px;"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#2C3643;">Newbridge House and Farm is under the management of
Aramark,tourism in partnership
with Fingal County Council.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:18.0pt; margin-left:0cm; background:white; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; text-align:start; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; box-sizing:inherit; word-spacing:0px;"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#2C3643;"><a href="https://www.newbridgehouseandfarm.com/newbridge-house/" style="box-sizing:inherit; text-decoration-line:none; font-size:inherit; font-weight:inherit;"><span style="color:#59A725;">https://www.newbridgehouseandfarm.com/newbridge-house</span></a></span></p>
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