Belevere House
Belvedere House Garden & Park
BelvedereHouse Garden & Park The newest attraction in the Irish Midlands, is located outside Mullingar, just half an hour drive from Longford. The magnificent early 18th century stately home of Robert Rochfort, Earl of Belvedere, stands in 160 acres of parkland on the shores of Lough Ennell.
The Jealous Wall
A modern visitors centre tells the tale of Rochfort's cruel 31 years imprisonment of his second wife, Mary Molesworth; Sir John Pier,s seduction of lady Cloncurry at a picnic(immortalised in verse by Sir John Betjemen) and the creation of Irelands largest man-made folly - The Jealous WallBelvedere is one of the finist of Ireland's historic houses and together with gardens and park has been exquisitely restored.
