"We really had to prioritise and focus on keeping the place suitable to be open and safe for people to visit."
There are hundreds of privately owned estates like it throughout Ireland, many of which have been closed because of public health restrictions.30,000 people usually visit Bantry House a year, for tours of the house and gardens, most of them are international visitors. Adam Carveth looks after gardens. Ordinarily he would have another gardener with him, as well as two student interns from France, who would stay in the house and work on the gardens for 12 weeks.
It’s given owners the chance "to de-clutter and re-examine the house" and carry out essential works like roofing or rewiring which may have been delayed."Historic houses have an intertwined relationship with their communities," he said. The move away from house to the land could see a change in what big houses have to offer in the future.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
Perhaps this difficult time but holiday soon ahead, is a time to renew the sense of place that is Ireland. In the future, but also to a timeless legend. I see a Fisher King land made green, plentiful - and somewhere in Ireland is found, like holy grail Corbenic.
The comments here really highlight how people don't read articles and comment off a headline that they have misinterpreted.