Springhill

With more people than ever enjoying our coast and countryside places, we’re asking for your help in looking after them during your visit. Please help us protect wildlife and landscapes by following the Countryside Code, which includes taking any litter home with you and not lighting a barbecue or campfire.

Our meadows are awash with bright yellow buttercups which cannot help but make you smile, even when it is raining!

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.

This magnificent silk gown, or ‘mantua’, was made for attendance at court in the 1740s. A hundred years later, the dress made another royal appearance, at Queen Victoria’s 18th-century costume ball at Buckingham Palace.

In our latest books' blog, seven curators tell us about their favourite treasure from our new book, 125 Treasures from the Collections of the National Trust. The book provides a glimpse inside these places, showing some of the great art and astonishing historic collections that can be found at National Trust places across the country.