Coole Park Visitor Centre

Coole Park Visitor Centre

Coole Park Visitor Centre

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Coole Park Visitor Centre
All rights reserved

Coole Park Visitor Centre

Coole Park Visitor Centre

All rights reserved

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Coole Park was once the home of Lady Gregory, dramatist, folklorist and co-founder of the Abbey Theatre with William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn.

In the early 20^th century, Coole was the centre of the Irish Literary Revival. Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, John Millington Synge and Sean O’ Casey all came to experience its magic; their initials are carved on the famous Autograph Tree in the walled garden.

Coole is now a nature reserve. The Seven Woods, celebrated by Yeats, are part of a nature trail taking in woods, river, turlough, bare limestone and Coole lake. Wild swans still return each autumn.

The restored courtyard has a Visitor Centre and tearooms and there are picnic tables in the walled garden.

Website: http://www.coolepark.ie/

Address:
Coole Park Visitor Centre
Gort,Co. Galway

Contact: Hilda Mac Lochlainn
Phone: +353 91 631804
email:coolepark@ahg.gov.ie