Further details: Glendalough House, on a 1,500-acre woodlands and pastures in Annamoe, Co. Wicklow, has a cherished and memorable history. It was the former home of Robert Barton who was the last signatory to the 1921 Treaty and Erskine R Childers, who was arrested at this house and executed in November 1922 for possession of a revolver given to him by that great Irishman Michael Collins as a keepsake.
In recent years Glendalough House has been tastefully restored to its former glory and has played host to many Hollywood celebrities who enjoy the privacy and tranquility of this historic Georgian house. The Estate is regularly used as a film location.
Glendalough House offers its guests a wonderful stay. The house can be rented weekly or weekends for private parties, weddings etc. on a fully-staffed or self-catering basis. Guests are invited to stroll and enjoy the serenity of Glendalough's five acre water garden designed with ponds and waterfalls and planted with rare shrubs and water lilies.
The village of Glendalough situated about four miles from Annamoe is a Monastic City set by a lake with spectacular scenery. It is now within a National Park. Thousands of years ago a great glacier worked its way eastwards from the highlands, grinding and carving out the typical U shaped valley that is Glendalough today. As the ice sheet melted, it left behind a place of great beauty, a long, dark lake fed by two mountain streams, overlooked by forest-clad towering heights. In the 6th Century A.D. St. Kevin is said to have come upon the valley seeking quietude in which to spend a life of meditation. He founded a monastery here where the present cluster of ruined churches and the round tower stand. The Round Tower rises to more than 30m and is a unique Irish building type and a symbol of Ireland?s Middle-Ages reputation as the Island of Saints and Scholars.
