Welcome to our 203
hectare park - a uniquely individual place where most of your expectations will be
realised. Here on the northern slopes of Musheramore Mountain (612
metres) you are indeed
special, but nevertheless, just one more traveller coming here in a 4,000 year continuum
of travellers visiting this place back to neolithic times.
The park experience endeavours to take you on a holistic odyssey that celebrates the
evolution of the landscape about here, and man and nature in equilibrium. An excellent
starting place - the Tuairin Na mBlath visitor centre named after the legitimate old Irish
name for this valley - the "Little Field of Flowers" is the heart of the Park
where you can find your bearings and begin to savour some of the physical and mystical
experiences of this enlightening landscape.
We hope you will feel at home - this is homely country, and our staff recruited locally
will see to your every reasonable need.
The Audio
Visual: The 17 minute audio visual
presentation takes you back through the ages the evolution of the landscape from the
pre-ice age, Jurassic Cretaceous era, 250 million years ago the the present day.
Interactive Touch Screens: These state of the art multi media touch screens, take the traveller on
their own personal tour of the Park. Browse in German through the managed wetlands, or in
French through the lakes the screens provide a fun way of armchair travelling.
Transport System: For the real armchair traveller load up on to one of the parks'
transporters, and experience the wetlands, herb rich meadow, the upper arboretum, on past
our native red deer, over seven hundred last count, and on up to the Mushera Ravine, where
a series of nine lakes and waterfalls are rivalled only by the panoramic views.
The Field Studies Laboratory: What is that yellow plant? Where does bog come from ? Can you explain the
Palaeozoic era? Ever just wonder Why? Well come and discover at the lab.
The Sensory Garden: Designed specifically for the visually impaired and enjoyed by everyone
this garden is full of perfumed flowers and aromaticfoliage, raised beds and wide paths
make it accessible to everyone.
The Music Garden: A band stand graces centre stage in the music garden with recitals every
Sunday, from brass bands, to Irish traditional, to classical, a symphony of sounds can be
heard.
The Restaurant: Fine
wines, imaginative cuisine, and sinful deserts all at a price you can afford set in
spacious surroundings, the restaurant caters for all your creature comforts.
The Park: Over
five hundred acres, of lakes, waterfalls, streams, wetlands, walks, picnic areas,
moorlands, arboretum, herb rich meadows, ornamental gardens, archaeological sites, native
deer, birds and wildlife. Treat yourself to a visit, you will find yourself coming back
again and again.
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