Muckross House

In 1932 it was presented by William Bowers Bourn and Arthur Rose Vincent to the Irish nation.

It is said that these improvements for the Queen's visit were a contributory factor in the financial difficulties suffered by the Herbert family which resulted in the sale of the estate.

In August 1911, not long before the First World War, Muckross House and its demesne were again sold to William Bowers Bourn, a wealthy Californian mining magnate.

[3] He and his wife passed it to their daughter Maud and her husband Arthur Rose Vincent as a wedding present.

The front entryway has a plethora of mounted trophy heads, including an enormous rack of antlers from the Irish elk (extinct), found preserved in a local bog.