Jenkinstown Park
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Jenkinstown Park is a park in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is situated off the N78 road about 10 km north of the city of Kilkenny and 11 km south of Castlecomer.
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[edit] Facilities
Facilities include a picnic site, forest walks, deer park and a craft centre. A small garden to commemorate Thomas Moore's association with the house has been laid down on the site of the old house. There are walks of between one and three kilometres through a plantation of mixed broadleaf and conifers.
[edit] History
The park was formerly part of the old Bryan-Bellew Estate.
[edit] Flora
The main tree species in the park are beech, ash, oak, and Norway spruce. Some original park trees from the 1870s survive and include a number of rare species such as the Chinese necklace poplar, Populus lasiocarpa. A carpet of bluebells flowering in a beech wood in mid to late April is a special features of the park's other flora.
[edit] Fauna
The park is home to foxes, badgers, stoats, red and grey squirrels, and enclosed deer, as well as bats in the old church. Many species of birds – including pheasant, ravens, and the long-eared owl – inhabit the woods.
[edit] Geology
Limestone, adjacent to Dunmore Caves.
[edit] Notes
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 52°43′52″N 7°17′20″W / 52.731159°N 7.288849°W
- This article is partially based on the article with the same name on http://www.irelandinformationguide.com, licensed under GFDL.
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