Posts in Heywood

A Very Special En Plein Air Event ‘Three wonderful days in August’, is how we best describe the Twin Trees Festival’s, Tutored En Plein Air[…]

A Tale from the Schools’ Collection It seems the fascination with Heywood, Ballinakill, is not just a  modern conviction!  In the late 1930’s, a primary[…]

The good news is that gardens available for public visiting are once again… open, following the lifting of pandemic restrictions on movement, including our very[…]

After the departure of the Poe family from Heywood, the house was sold to the then Leix Board of Health, with a plan to transform[…]

A walk around Heywood Demesne A collection of photographs taken along the route from Heywood Gardens, and through the beautiful riverside walk that leads back[…]

Twin Trees Heywood 2024 Yoga in Heywood Gardens with Simon Rogers. We cannot think of a better way to spend an August Sunday morning, than[…]

Twin Trees Heywood Festival. The Orangery at Heywood. Orangeries were a popular, stylish addition to grand homes between the 17th and 19th centuries. They originated[…]

Twin Trees Heywood Festival. Sham Castle at Heywood, Ballinakill. Situated at Heywood Demesne, Ballinakill, Sham Castle, and the Gothic Ruin, were constructed as follies, which[…]

Twin Trees Heywood Festival. Gothic Ruin at Heywood, Ballinakill. Situated at Heywood Demesne, Ballinakill, Sham Castle, and the Gothic Ruin, were constructed as follies, which[…]

Heywood Ballinakill Heywood Gardens were completed in 1912, and consist 50 acres of gardens, lakes, woodland and architectural features. The gardens have a spectacular setting[…]