CURRAGHMORE is undoubtedely the finest private estate in Ireland and has been in the same family for over 800 years. It runs to almost 4,000 acres with roughly half of that being mature forests with many specimen trees. It hosts Ireland’s tallest tree, a Sitka spruce planted in 1820 which now standing at 175 feet.

It stands in a secluded and sheltered valley near the Clodagh river (a tributary of the Suir) which runs through the estate. Nearby is John’s Bridge over the Clodagh, built in anticipation of the visit of King John which, in the end, never happened. Completed in1200, it is Ireland’s oldest bridge and still in perfect order.