Oak Park, County Carlow

Oak Park
Location of Oak Park in Ireland
Type Country estate
Location County Carlow, Ireland
Coordinates 52°51′58″N 6°54′47″W / 52.866°N 6.913°W / 52.866; -6.913Coordinates: 52°51′58″N 6°54′47″W / 52.866°N 6.913°W / 52.866; -6.913
Built c. 1700–1860
Architect Richard Morrison, William Vitruvius Morrison, George Papworth, John B. Keane
Architectural style(s) Classical, Greek Revival

Oak Park is an estate in County Carlow, Republic of Ireland, located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of the town of Carlow. The estate was purchased by Irish MP Henry Bruen in 1775. It remained in the family until 1957, being inhabited by Bruen's son and grandson, both MPs of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.[1] The site includes several structures listed on the Irish National Inventory of Architectural Heritage:

120 acres (49 ha) of the site are now operated by the Carlow Tourist Office as Oak Park Forest Park.[9] The admission-free park, which features 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) of nature trails, won a Royal Dublin Society Irish Forestry Award in 2013.[10][11]

Oak Park also hosts a 590-acre (239 ha) "national centre for tillage and bio-energy crops research", operated by Teagasc.[12]


Triumphal arch on the Oak Park estate
Triumphal arch on the Oak Park estate
A house party at Oak Park, 1901
A house party at Oak Park, 1901

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