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Primrose Hill
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Primrose Hill
Lucan
Co Dublin

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Area: Republic of Ireland

Primrose Hill -- Republic of Ireland
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Primrose Hill
Republic of Ireland
All details updated* as of: 27/01/2011
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Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids
 Opening Days and Hours

1st Feb - 1st Mar; daily; 2pm - 5pm and 1st June - 31st July; Daily; 2pm - 6pm

Parties / Coaches: No
Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes
Groups by appointment, casual visitors outside normal opening dates/times, please telephone beforehand.

House Open for Viewing: No

National Garden Scheme days: No
Best Times of Year to Visit:
Feb
1st June - 31st July
To see:
snowdrops
shrubs and herbaceous borders
 Admission Prices
Adult €6; Child €2.50; Groups €4 per person
 Onsite Facilities
Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: No
Shop: No
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: No
Teas: No
Light Refreshment: No
Picnics: Yes
Dogs Allowed: No
On Lead only: No
Special Events: No
Other Facilities:
Guided tours available.
 Garden Features
One of the largest plantsman's gardens in Ireland. It has been built up over the last 40 years and surrounds a period house. English Heritage Garden Grade:
National Collection:
 Description of Garden
Designer: The Halls
A true plantsman's garden of about 5ha nurtured since 1950 by the owners, Cicely and Robin Hall, this garden has a reputation for being one of the finest of its type with one of its best collections of plants In Ireland, excluding trees and shrubs. It is reached through a beech avenue with a small but growing arboretum on one side and has an excellent collection of snowdrops, including its own variety, so consequently is best visited in February. In mid-summer, the visitor is rewarded again with luxuriant herbaceous borders. Irises, lilies and lobelias feature strongly.
 History of Garden
Primrose Hill house is a regency villa attributed to the architect, James Gandon. Eamon de Valera and his political constitution adviser, Dr. Irwin were frequent visitors to the house in the 1920s and 1930s. The house and grounds were part of the Lucan House Demesne. Four generations of gardeners in the same family have tended and developed the garden at Primrose Hill with some plants there being in the family for over 100 years.
 Nearby Republic of Ireland Hotels, Facilities & Amenities
Hotels & Accommodation:
Finnstown Spa, and others at Lucan
Restaurants:
Inns & Pubs:
O'Neills, Courtney, and others at Lucan
Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
Within walking distance of Village
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