ʻO nā ala kūlohelohe 5 kiʻekiʻe ma Kildare

Aia ʻo Donadea Forest Park ma ka ʻākau komohana ʻo Kildare a ma kahi o 243 hectares o ka ulu lāʻau i hui ʻia. Mālama ʻia ia e Coillte ke Keʻena Ululāʻau ʻIlani Pāka Lāʻau ʻo Donadea a ʻo ia ka home o ka ʻohana Anglo-Norman Aylmer i noho i ka hale aliʻi (i kēia manawa i nā ʻōpala) mai 1550 a 1935. He nui nā hiʻohiʻona mōʻaukala e like me nā koena o ka hale aliʻi, nā māla paia, ka hale pule, hale kiaʻi, hale hau, hale moku a Ke Alanui Lime Tree. Aia kekahi loko hectare 2.3 me nā ʻāpō a me nā manu ʻē aʻe a me kahi hōʻike kupaianaha o nā līlia wai i ke kauwela. ʻO nā kahawai paia ka ʻāpana o ka pahe wai o ka pā.

ʻO nā ala helehelena he nui a me nā alahelehele like ʻole e like me ka loop 5km Aylmer a me ka noho huila e hiki ai iā Lake Walk, a ʻo ka cafe hoʻi e lawelawe ana i nā mea inu māmā, e lilo ia i mea maikaʻi loa no kahi lā ʻohana. Aia i loko o ka pā ulu ulu ka 9/11 Memorial i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o Sean Tallon, he koa ahi ʻōpio, nona ka ʻohana i neʻe mai Donadea.

E kipa: Pāka Lāʻau ʻo Donadea

E hauʻoli i kahi holoholo awakea, kahi lā e mākaʻikaʻi ai i ka muliwai loveliest ʻoi loa a ʻelua hoʻi o ka muliwai, me kahi mea hoihoi i kēlā me kēia manawa o kēia towpath 200 makahiki. Piʻi ia i ka Slieve Bloom Mountains ma ka hema hema, a kahe e hui me kāna 'kaikuahine' ʻelua, ʻo Nore a me Suir, ma mua o ke kahe ʻana i ke kai ma Waterford. Ua hoʻokele ʻia ia i ka kenekulia ʻumikūmāwalu e ka hoʻohui ʻana o nā ʻāpana pōkole o ke kahawai ma kāna ala, a ʻo ke ala ʻo Barrow Way 114km ma hope o ke ola ʻana o nā towpaths a me nā alanui muliwai mai ke kauhale o Lowtown ma Kildare a hiki i St Mullins ma Co. Carlow. ʻO ka ʻāina ka hapanui o nā towpaths mauʻu, nā ala a me nā ala mālie.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻoluʻolu i kahi alakaʻi leo ke hele ʻoe ma ke ala Barrow. Aia kēia alakaʻi i 2 mau hola o ka ʻike a me nā moʻolelo ma ke ala, i waena o lākou: nā mōʻī kahiko o Leinster, ka maka o ka Diabolo, ka hale pule liʻiliʻi o St Laserian, a me ka Grand Prix walaʻau o 1903. ʻO kēia ka hoa pili pono no ka mea hele wāwae a i ʻole holo paikikala i ke Alanui Barrow, a i ʻole ka waʻa ʻana a i ʻole ke holoholo ʻana i ka hoʻokele a ka muliwai Barrow a me ka laina ʻo Grand Canal. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoiho i kahi mana o ke alakaʻi ma ʻO GuidiGo aiʻole e hoʻoiho i ka mana piha me ka polokalamu uila GuidiGO ma ka App Store a i ʻole Google Play.

E kipa: Website

I hui pū ʻia me Coillte, Laau Killinthomas ua hoʻomohala i kahi ʻĀpana amenity ʻeka 200 i loko o 1 mile o Rathangan kauhale. He ululāʻau konifela paʻakikī me nā lau a me nā holoholona like ʻole. Ua lanakila ka papahana i ka makana aupuni Tidy Towns no ka mālama holoholona lōhiu i ka makahiki 2001. Aia ma kahi o 10 km o nā hele wāwae i hōʻailona ʻia i loko o ka wahie a hāʻawi kēia i ke komo i nā kaiaolaola like ʻole. I ke kauwela / hoʻomaka ke kauwela ua kāpīpī ʻia kēia mau wahie me nā bluebells a me nā kālika ʻāhiu. ʻO ia kekahi o nā mea e ʻike ʻole ʻia o nā wahi o ka nani kūlohelohe i County Kildare. He manuahi ke komo ʻana o nā wahi kaʻa kaʻa maikaʻi a maʻalahi hoʻi e ʻike ʻia no nā mea āpau.

E kipa: Website

ʻO Pollardstown Fen ʻo ia ka fen i hānai nui ʻia i ka puna ma ʻIlani a he pūnaewele nui ia a ʻo ka honua holoʻokoʻa. ʻO kahi fen post-glacial i hoʻomaka e hoʻomohala ma kahi o 10,000 mau makahiki i hala aku nei i ka wā i uhi ʻia ka wahi e kahi loko nui. I ka hala ʻana o ka manawa ua piha kēia loko i nā mea kanu make i hōʻiliʻili a huli ʻia i fen peat. ʻO ka wai momona o ka calcium i loaʻa ma aneʻi i pale i ka loli maʻamau mai ka fen i ka bog i hāpai ʻia a hoʻomau i ka pale ʻana i kēia kaʻina hana i kēia lā.

Hoʻokomo nui ʻia ka fen me nā loko wai hou, nā pā o scrubland, a me kahi wahi ulu lāʻau nui e waiho ana ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o kahi mālama. Nui a hewahewa nā ʻano mea kanu laha i ka wahi e like me Shining Sickle Moss a me ka rare arctic-alpine moss Homalothecium nitens. ʻO nā ʻano mea kanu ʻē aʻe e pili pū me ka Narrow-leaved Marsh Orchid, Slender Sedge a me Marsh Helleborine. Nui nā ʻano manu kamaʻāina a hiki i ka wā hoʻoilo a me nā poʻe neʻe i ke kauwela i hiki ke loaʻa ma ka wahi noho. Aia ma waena o lākou nā mea hānai mau e like me Mallard, Teal, Cood, Snipe, Sedge, Warbler, Grasshopper a me Whinchat. ʻO nā ʻano ʻē aʻe e like me Merlin, Marsh Harrier a me Peregrine Falcon e hana mau ma ke ʻano he vagrants.

Aia ma kahi o 2km komohana komohana o Newbridge County Kildare.

E kipa: Website

ʻO ka Parkland a me ka Walks Walks hāmama i kēlā me kēia lā a puni ka makahiki. Castletown demesne Ua lanakila 'o ia i ka Green Flag Award 2017 a me ka 2018 mai An Taisce a me ka makana Pollinator park ma lalo o ka Plan Pollinator All-Ireland no n makahiki ʻelua. ʻAʻohe uku komo e hele a mākaʻikaʻi i nā pāka. Hoʻokipa ʻia nā ʻīlio, akā pono e mālama ʻia i ke kēpau a ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia i loko o ka loko, ʻoiai he pūnana holoholona lōhiu.

ʻAʻole hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka mana o Lede Louisa ma Castletown ma loko o ka hale wale nō, akā i loko o ka mālamalama i waiho pono ʻia a puni ka hale. Hoʻomaka ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻāina ma Castletown i ka wā o Katherine Conolly e mālama ana i ka waiwai a hoʻokomo ʻia ka hana ʻana o nā vistas mai ka hale a hiki i ka Wonderful Barn a me ka Conolly Folly i ka mua o ka makahiki 1740. Hoʻopili ʻia e nā hana hou a kona kaikuahine ʻo Emily ma Carton, Lady Louisa ua huli i ka paka o Castletown ma ka hema o ka hale e pili ana i ka muliwai Liffey a hana i kahi hoʻolālā i hoʻolālā ʻia i ka style 'kūlohelohe' i hoʻokūkū ʻia e Capability Brown. Pākuʻi ʻia ka parkland i nā nāhelehele, nā kahawai a me nā ulu lāʻau me nā mea hana a ke kanaka i hoʻokomo pono ʻia i loko o ke kūlohelohe no ka mea hele wāwae e ʻike a leʻaleʻa ai: , nā mea āpau e hoʻonui i ka leʻaleʻa o nā hana o waho e pili ana i kahi pūnaewele nui o nā ala, i hoʻihoʻi ʻia i 2011-13 e ka OPW me ke kākoʻo mai Fáilte ʻIlani.

E kipa: Castletown.ie/the-parkland