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T\u00e1 an tIonad Cuairteoir\u00ed agus na Seomra\u00ed Tae suite sa sciob\u00f3l athch\u00f3irithe agus sa limist\u00e9ar st\u00e1bla\u00ed ina bhfuil ceann de na st\u00e1bla\u00ed bunaidh le stalla\u00ed ilchasta do ch\u00faig chapall. D\u2019\u00fas\u00e1idt\u00ed lochta lasnairde chun f\u00e9ar agus uirlis\u00ed a st\u00f3r\u00e1il.<\/p>\n
Trasna an tseanchl\u00f3is st\u00e1bla\u00ed dhoirneogaigh t\u00e1 fothracha na seomra\u00ed c\u00f3iste agus \u00famacha. Coinn\u00edodh c\u00f3ist\u00ed \u00e9ags\u00fala anseo agus n\u00edodh iad \u00f3n gcaid\u00e9al uisce i l\u00e1r an chl\u00f3is. St\u00f3r\u00e1ladh gr\u00e1nach i lochta theach an ch\u00f3iste agus os a chionn sin bh\u00ed an colmlann. Creidtear gur traidisi\u00fan me\u00e1naoiseach a bh\u00ed i gcoime\u00e1d colm agus col\u00fair, c\u00e9 go raibh s\u00e9 ar bun freisin in aimsir na R\u00f3imhe. Go dt\u00ed deireadh an 18\u00fa haois, nuair a th\u00e1inig an-t\u00f3ir ar bharra fr\u00e9amhacha a rabhadar \u00e1balta st\u00f3r\u00e1il, bh\u00ed s\u00e9 deacair stoc a bheath\u00fa i rith an gheimhridh agus b’\u00e9igean go leor de na hainmhithe a mhar\u00fa. Mar thoradh ar seo bh\u00ed feoil \u00far gann go minic. Bhain go leor tithe main\u00e9ir agus feirmeacha mainistreach \u00fas\u00e1id as col\u00fair chun feoil \u00far agus uibheacha a shol\u00e1thar agus bhunaigh siad colmlanna chun na cr\u00edche seo go h\u00e1irithe.<\/p>\n
Sa l\u00e1 at\u00e1 inniu ann cuireann an obair chloiche sna seanbhalla\u00ed agus sna seanfhoirgnimh \u00e1iteanna neadaithe ar f\u00e1il d\u2019\u00e9in cos\u00fail leis an dreoil\u00edn agus an druid agus freisin fara samhraidh le haghaidh ialt\u00f3ga.<\/p>\n
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Bh\u00edodh \u00e1itheanna aoil coitianta in \u00c9irinn tr\u00e1th, ach t\u00e1 siad gann anois i dt\u00edrdhreach na h\u00c9ireann. Bh\u00ed go leor \u00fas\u00e1id \u00e1 bhaint as an aol a t\u00e1irgeadh sna h\u00e1iteanna seo lena n-\u00e1ir\u00edtear mar leasach\u00e1n n\u00f3 chun aoldath agus moirt\u00e9al a dh\u00e9anamh. Is f\u00e9idir an \u00e1ith sa Ch\u00fail a fheice\u00e1il agus t\u00fa ag si\u00fal ar chonair na Seacht gCoill. T\u00e1 an seanchair\u00e9al, at\u00e1 ina fh\u00e1sach anois, le f\u00e1il in aice l\u00e1imhe. Briseadh an charraig a baineadh as ina p\u00edosa\u00ed beaga agus aistr\u00edodh \u00ed le capall agus cairt go dt\u00ed an rampa ar ch\u00fal na h\u00e1ithe aoil.<\/p>\n
Chun an leasach\u00e1n a dh\u00e9anamh, l\u00f3d\u00e1ileadh an charraig isteach sa bpoll \u00f3n rampa ar ch\u00fal, le sraitheanna malartacha adhmad tine, m\u00f3in agus carraig. Lasadh tine ansin ag bun an asraoin. Tar \u00e9is c\u00fapla l\u00e1, s\u00e9ala\u00edodh an mais cn\u00e1daithe ar fad le caip\u00edn aoil caolaithe. Tar \u00e9is seachtaine, mar thoradh air seo t\u00e1irgeadh aoil d\u00edhiodr\u00e1itithe (tapa). Cuireadh uisce leis agus scaipeadh an t\u00e1irge deiridh \u2013 aol hiodr\u00e1itithe (teilgthe) mar leasach\u00e1n. Th\u00e1inig laghd\u00fa ar \u00fas\u00e1id leasach\u00e1in den s\u00f3rt sin sa 19\u00fa haois, nuair a baineadh \u00fas\u00e1id as leasach\u00e1in iomp\u00f3rt\u00e1ilte. Baineadh \u00fas\u00e1id as aoldath chun balla\u00ed tithe agus both\u00e1in faoin tuath in \u00c9irinn a chl\u00fadach agus a chosaint go dt\u00ed le d\u00e9ana\u00ed.<\/p>\n
T\u00e1 an greille agus an bhacainn ag barr an \u00e1ithe curtha ar f\u00e1il ar mhaithe le s\u00e1bh\u00e1ilteacht agus n\u00ed raibh siad mar chuid den bhunstrucht\u00far<\/p>\n
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Gn\u00e9 shuntasach de cheantar tuaithe na Gaillimhe agus an Chl\u00e1ir is ea fairsinge na mballa\u00ed cloiche a t\u00f3gadh thar na c\u00e9adta bliain chun p\u00e1irceanna a imfh\u00e1l\u00fa agus chun teorainneacha a chinneadh. T\u00e9ann \u00fas\u00e1id cloch chun teorainneacha a mharc\u00e1il siar 5,000 bliain.<\/p>\n
T\u00e1 na balla\u00ed aolchloiche sa Ch\u00fail \u00f3 1776 ar a laghad, nuair a thaifead Arthur Young, ina \u201cTour of Ireland\u201d, cuairt anseo. \u201cHe (Robert Gregory) has built a large house with numerous offices, and taken five or 600 acres of land into his own hands, which I found him improving with great spirit. Walling was his first object, of which I found him executing many miles in the most perfect manner.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bh\u00ed an balla d\u00fabailte a fuarthas i gcuid den choillearnach ar a dtugtar P\u00e1irc na Carraige \u2013 \u201cp\u00e1irc charraigeach\u201d, feadh an bhealaigh a dtugta\u00ed stoc \u00f3n gcl\u00f3s feirme agus \u00f3 ph\u00e1irceanna \u00edsle na feirme go dt\u00ed an turlach le haghaidh innilte. T\u00e1 an bhearna stoic sa bhalla l\u00edonta isteach ach t\u00e1 a iml\u00edne f\u00f3s le feice\u00e1il.<\/p>\n
Leagadh amach limist\u00e9ir sna codanna n\u00edos airde de bhalla moirt\u00e9alaithe a fuarthas in aice leis na foirgnimh agus sa gharra\u00ed daingean agus chuir siad foscadh ar f\u00e1il. Is f\u00e9idir le s\u00edolta at\u00e1 faoi shuan le blianta fada i scoilteanna teacht chun cinn agus f\u00e1s leis na coinn\u00edollacha cearta.<\/p>\n
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Sna 1850id\u00ed chuir an Ridire William caid\u00e9al isteach chun uisce a tharraingt \u00f3n loch suas go dt\u00ed an teach, agus t\u00e1 a iarsma\u00ed le feice\u00e1il inniu.<\/p>\n
Bh\u00edodh capall feirme, ceangailte le cos adhmaid, ag sp\u00e1g\u00e1il ar chos\u00e1n ciorclach chun an caid\u00e9al s\u00faite a oibri\u00fa a tharraing uisce as an loch agus ansin d’iompair p\u00edopa\u00ed faoin talamh an t-uisce suas an gcnoc go dt\u00ed an pr\u00edomhtheach c\u00f3naithe.<\/p>\n
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Is \u00e9ard is ha-ha ann an t-ainm aisteach a thugta\u00ed ar dh\u00edog de dh\u00e9ant\u00fas an duine chun stoc f\u00e9araigh a choinne\u00e1il istigh n\u00f3 a choinne\u00e1il amuigh. T\u00e1 bun\u00fas na Fraince leis an gcoincheap a th\u00e1inig \u00f3 dheireadh an 17\u00fa haois agus is minic a luaitear an t-ainmfhocal mar l\u00e9iri\u00fa ar iontas nuair a th\u00e1ngthas trasna ar ghn\u00e9 thar a bheith iontach \u201cha ha\u201d n\u00f3 uaireanta \u201cah ah\u201d. C\u00edb\u00e9 c\u00e9n bun\u00fas at\u00e1 leis an bhfocal, t\u00e1 ceann le feice\u00e1il sa Ch\u00fail feadh teorainn thiar na faiche ar ch\u00fal. D\u2019fh\u00e9adfadh caoirigh a bheith ag innilt ar an bp\u00e1irc mh\u00f3r oscailte seo de 6.5 heicte\u00e1r (16 acra) sna laethanta roimh lomair\u00ed faiche meicni\u00fala, le radharc gan bhriseadh ar an gcoillearnach, ar chnoic Thurlaigh agus ar na Boirne thall f\u00f3s ar f\u00e1il.<\/p>\n
Sna laethanta tosaigh nuair a bh\u00ed East\u00e1t na C\u00faile faoi \u00fain\u00e9ireacht mhuintir Gregory, baineadh \u00fas\u00e1id as cuid den ph\u00e1irc seo mar phlandlann chrann. Sa bhliain 1776, nuair a scr\u00edobh Arthur Young a leabhar \u201cTour of Ireland\u201d, d\u00fairt s\u00e9 maidir le cuairt a rinne s\u00e9 ar an gC\u00fail: \u201cMr Gregory has a very noble nursery from which he is making plantations which will soon be a great ornament to the country.\u201d Nuair a ghlac an tSeirbh\u00eds Foraoiseachta seilbh ar East\u00e1t na C\u00faile, cuireadh crainn bhuairc\u00edneacha sa bhfaiche ar ch\u00fal, a baineadh in 2014 chun ligean d\u2019athghini\u00faint n\u00e1d\u00fartha na speiceas d\u00fachasach. <\/span><\/p>\n Scr\u00edobh an Bhantiarna Gregory a cuid dr\u00e1ma\u00ed agus leabhar anseo agus bh\u00ed s\u00ed mar bhean an t\u00ed do William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Dubhghlas de h\u00cdde, Sean O\u2019Casey, Edward Martyn, John Millington Synge agus go leor eile a raibh baint acu le gluaiseacht Athbheochana Liteartha na h\u00c9ireann.<\/p>\n Go luath sa 20\u00fa haois bh\u00ed go leor sonas sa teach le leana\u00ed ag g\u00e1ire mar bh\u00ed garchlann na Bantiarna Gregory, Richard, Anne agus Catherine ina gc\u00f3na\u00ed ann freisin.<\/p>\n C\u00e9 nach bhfuil an teach f\u00f3s ann, at\u00f3gadh balla\u00ed \u00edseal chun an iml\u00edne bunaidh a thaispe\u00e1int.<\/p>\n T\u00e1 an su\u00edoch\u00e1n cloiche ag tabhairt aghaidh soir, i dtreo shl\u00e9ibhte Shliabh Eachta\u00ed agus east\u00e1t Persse i gCreig an R\u00f3istigh. Bh\u00ed c\u00f3na\u00ed ar Isabelle Augusta Persse i dTeach Roxborough go dt\u00ed gur ph\u00f3s s\u00ed a comharsa an Ridire William Gregory nuair a rinneadh Augusta, an Bhantiarna Gregory di.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nAn Teach<\/h2>\n
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Th\u00f3g Robert Gregory an teach c. 1770, foirgneamh tr\u00ed st\u00f3r a bh\u00ed ann le s\u00e9 leathleibh\u00e9al, p\u00f3irse cearn\u00f3gach isteach agus b\u00e1fhuinneoga ar ch\u00fal. Ba iad pr\u00edomhsheomra\u00ed an t\u00ed an seomra bia (ar chl\u00e9 ar ch\u00fal agus t\u00fa ag tabhairt aghaidh ar an su\u00edomh), agus an seomra su\u00ed (ar dheis ar ch\u00fal) agus a bhfuinneoga b\u00e1 le radharc ar Loch na C\u00faile agus ar Chnoic na Boirne ar an taobh thiar. Idir an d\u00e1 seomra bh\u00ed an leabharlann.<\/p>\n
\nAn Su\u00edoch\u00e1n Aolchloiche<\/h2>\n
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\nT\u00f3gadh an su\u00edoch\u00e1n aolchloiche sa bhliain 1908, agus bh\u00edodh an Bhantiarna Gregory agus a cairde liteartha ann go minic. T\u00f3gadh \u00e9 faoi Ch\u00e9adar Cr\u00f3n Iartharach (Thuja plicata<\/em>). Bh\u00ed a comharsana agus comhbhunaitheoir\u00ed Amharclann na Mainistreach, Edward Martyn as Tul Aighre agus William Butler Yeats mar chuairteoir\u00ed rialta chuig an l\u00e1thair seo in \u00e9ineacht leis an mBantiarna Gregory.<\/p>\n