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Caption: JERPOINT PARK Ireland’s Lost City Digital Day in Ireland
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Caption: As you walk up to Jerpoint Park, this is what you will see. This is Belmore House, built by the 1st Earl of Belmore in the 18th century as a hunting lodge.
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Caption: This is the present day owner, Joe O’Connell
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Caption: We set off with Joe, not knowing what we will find...
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Caption: This is Jerpoint Park, an Irish town built over 800 years ago that vanished from all records in the 1600s.
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Caption: This area was completely overgrown when Joe purchased the land. He had help from the Heritage Council removing the ivy and brush from the abbey ruins. They also uncovered a cemetery which Joe believes hosts the remains of someone very famous...
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Caption: Behold the tomb of Saint Nicholas (aka Santa Claus) The story is two crusader knights removed his remains from Italy and brought them to Jerpoint where he was laid to rest outside St. Nicholas’s church.
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Caption: At its height around 1450 AD, Newtown Jerpoint (the Lost Town) was home to 27 dwellings, a mill, a brewery, court house, and 14 taverns. Some of the building outlines can still be seen today.
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Caption: When Joe retired from pig farming, he purchased this house and the surrounding 115 acres. Now he leads tours of the lost town and raises sheep. Not a quiet retirement, but what an awesome and unexpected adventure!
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Caption: After our tour we got to meet Cap, the sheepdog.
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Caption: And then we watched Cap in action.
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Caption: Cap is all business all the time.
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Caption: If you’re ever in County Kilkenny, be sure to connect with Joe at Jerpoint Park. It’s an unbelievable experience with a quintessential Irish storyteller.
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