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Damiano 🇮🇹
May 20, 2024
Hiking
🐾🌸 The Pets Cemetery at Powerscourt Estate is a unique and charming part of the gardens, serving as the final resting place for the beloved pets of the Wingfield and Slazenger families. Situated in a serene area adorned with vibrant azaleas, rhododendrons, and roses, this cemetery is the largest of its kind in any private Irish garden. Visitors, especially children, will enjoy reading the delightful and sometimes amusing names and stories of the pets, from ponies to a prolific Jersey cow named Eugenie. It's a heartwarming and memorable spot to explore 🐶🐱
Birgit
September 7, 2023
Hiking
If you can still read the animals' gravestones, a cow is also buried. Her name is written on the gravestone, how old she got and how much milk she gave. This of course makes the animal cemetery a highlight.
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Guido R.
September 12, 2023
Hiking
For example, inscription on a gravestone for 2 cows:
Eugenie
Jersey cow
died in 1967, aged 17 years
she had 17 calves and produced over 100,000 gallons of milk
Princess
Aberdeen angus cow
died 1972 aged 11 years
3 times Dublin champion
Eugenie
Jersey cow
died in 1967, aged 17 years
she had 17 calves and produced over 100,000 gallons of milk
Princess
Aberdeen angus cow
died 1972 aged 11 years
3 times Dublin champion
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