Lissadell House

4mi/6km west of Drumcliffe, in a park, is Lissadell House (admission free), built in 1834 for the grandfather of Countess Constance Markievicz and her sister Eva Gore-Booth. Countess Markievicz (née Gore-Booth) became involved in politics in Dublin and took part in the 1916 Rising. Eva Gore-Booth was a writer. Yeats, who wrote a poem about Constance, stayed in the house on several occasions.

Lissadell House is now a private family home, admission is strictly by permission only.

Guided walks are offered to visitos so they can discover hidden gardens in the process of bring restored, woodlands, features of the old Lissadell Demesne such as derelict greenhouses, gashouse, icehouse, an underground supply tunnel, the stable yard, sawmill and other treasures.