The official start of the Wicklow Way

Marlay Park was originally an Anglo-Norman farm on the border of Dublin.  The original house here was built by Thomas Taylor and was known as ‘The Grange’. This was later acquired in 1764 by David La Touche, a French Huguenot and the first governor of the newly established Bank of Ireland. La Touche built a new house here and named it Marlay House after his wife Elizabeth Marlay. This was a fine Georgian mansion that had many elaborate features including plasterwork by Michael Stapleton. It was later bought by the Tedcastles, a well-known Dublin coal merchant family who lived here between 1864 and 1926. Robert Ketton Love then purchased the house for £8,325 in 1927. Love was once Ireland’s largest tomato producer and a racehorse breeder. He lived here until 1972 when it was donated to the Dublin County Council. The 300-acre recreational park has now also become one of the most important outdoor music venues in Ireland and is also the official start of the 132 km Wicklow Way.

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