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Sometimes I just love my home Ireland :giggle::love:
When it gives me photos like this. :heart:

I honestly just simply love this photo!!! :giggle:
I don't want to sound big headed or anything but god I love it!!!
Everything about it!!! :faint:
I couldn't believe it when I uploaded it to my computer and straight away I said "this would look so awesome in b&w"!!!
Its so dramatic and mysterious and mystical, everything is just right about it for me!!! :nod::love:
Also love the crows flying out of the photo!!! I didn't even realise I got them in it!!! :giggle:

Ok this is the important part you have to read.

They amazing story that goes along with it.

"The story of the Jealous Wall and the sadness and cruelty that surrounded the lives of the Rochfort family, is well known. The first Earl of Belvedere, Robert Rochfort, married the young and beautiful Mary Molesworth. After she bore several children he locked her up aged 20 in his old family home at Gaulstown, for suspected adultery.

She remained a prisoner for the better part of her life, and was only released on the death of her tyrannical husband. It is said that he erected the Jealous Wall to block out the view of his brother’s nearby mansion, Tudenham, because he suspected him of fancying his wife too. It is one of several remarkable follies which may be seen in the parkland at Belvedere."


How awesome is that???
Really really adds to it I think. :nod::love:



Location: Belvedere House, Garden & Park, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland.




More about Belvedere

An oasis of beauty in the Midlands is there to be enjoyed. Belvedere House Gardens & Park can be discovered on the shores of Lough Ennell, 4 miles from Mullingar in Co. Westmeath and just an hours drive from Dublin.

The Belvedere story is one which is steeped in scandal and provides rich opportunities to capture the visitors imagination. The Estate comprises of 160 acres of parkland with 6kms of magnificent woodland and lakeshore walks. Several follies adorn the landscape including Ireland's largest folly - The Jealous Wall. The restored Belvedere House is an 18th century hunting/fishing lodge designed by the renowned German architect Richard Castle for Robert Rochfort, later the 1st Earl of Belvedere. A fascinating Walled Garden, designed by Ninian Nevin in 1857, contains one of Ireland's finest collections of rare and special plants.


Info taken from Belvedere-House.ie. :heart:




All my photos of Belvedere in this collection here
So if you like what you see I would highly recommend!!! :blowkiss:





    You can buy a card, laminated print, mounted print, canvas, print, framed print and more of this photo on my redbubble here :heart:






View on my flickr here. :love: it is much sharper.






DO NOT USE MY PHOTOS IN ANY KIND OF WAY WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.

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Wow, this is really beautiful! Great use of light and shadow! :clap: :clap:
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That's a wonderfully dramatic shot! :clap:

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"A man's home is his coffin" - Al Bundy
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Awesome!

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"The cure for boredom is curiosity.
There is no cure for curiosity."
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I :heart: it too!!!!wonderful just soo fantastic!!:clap::trophy:

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