Ballynatray Demesne overlooking the Blackwater estuary above Youghal is a unique combination of natural and designed landscape. Its new owners, Serge and Henriette Boissevain, have renovated the landscape, planted new woods and completely restored the house which dates from 1795. Here Patrick Bowe outlines the history of the estate and of the Smyth family which created it while Deirdre Conroy gives the architectural detail of the big house
Patrick Bowe has discovered a set of photographs which document the 19th-century magnificence of a county Wexford castle
Member of Parliament, architect and kinsman of Charles Stewart Parnell, Samuel Hayes is best known for his design in 1777 of the house and estate at Avondale, Co Wicklow, writes Patrick Bowe
Fernhill Gardens situated at the base of Three Rock Mountain in County Dublin is a model of that rare species, the natural garden, writes Patrick Bowe
