Springhill

Check out the conservation work on our 300 year old dining room chairs, on view at Springhill during a guided house tour

There are lots of exciting new things to come and see and do at Springhill. We have both a children’s play area, called The Costume Closet, as well as a costume exhibition in the museum called 'Naturally Inspired, Beautifully Attired'.

When the National Trust received Springhill house in 1957, it contained one of the most remarkable historic libraries in Ireland - going back to the middle of the 17th century.

Jackie Arrell, one of Springhill’s volunteers, has spent many hours searching all corners of the estate recording what lurks under leaves, in the leaf litter, amongst the grass on the lawns, and protruding from ancient tree trunks and deadwood.

Come and visit Springhill’s exciting natural play area, offering an amazing place for children to explore, run wild and have hours of endless fun!

Enjoy a stroll on a historic path as laid out by ‘Good Will’ in the late 1600’s. It’s a favourite walking route of the generations of Lenox-Conynghams who once lived here.

Enjoy splendid views of Slieve Gallion on this path that runs along the perimeter of the estate, marked by the great oaks and a ring of trees where the sawpit was once located.