You could describe it as a "unique detached residence with south facing gardens, close to the N11" and that would be accurate. For close to eighty years, this landmark has been a source of fun for children and many locals have fond memories of trips up to visit it, and sometimes to leave their baby teeth behind! I am advised that the current rate for a child's tooth in Carrigoona is five euro! The Fairy House is located on Carrigoona Commons, west of Kilmacanogue, and still a

I call it the "Dry Lake", but Paddock Ponds is the proper name for the two artificial lakes, originally constructed by the Sixth Viscount Powerscourt who directed that a "sort of ravine inside the Paddock gates" be dammed up to form an ornamental lake with a drive on either side of it. This work was done by 1838 as this map belonging to my father shows. The Seventh Viscount Powerscourt, who meticulously recorded all the works on the estate, felt that as his father was ill, (h