This main vista takes a line directly from the graceful Venetian window which centres the south front of the house and ends with a perfectly sited, Persian Ironwood tree encircled by an elegant low Arts and Crafts scalloped wall . After Killenure Castle boarding school, which is now defunct, she went to Brook House in Bray, then to boarding school at St Mary's Calne in England, near where her mother Olda's parents lived. We all went on to have separate lives, but were linked through our best friend, Dominic Geraghty, also an actor. The 10 stunning acres of gardens, with their many rare and exotic plants, are an important part of the Glin Castle estate, and Catherine and her film-star husband Dominic West, who now own the castle, are passionate about its beauty and history, and would love more people to come and enjoy it. Her father was the 29th and final Knight of Glin, a title passed down from father-to-son for 800 years. Early life and family. © BelfastTelegraph.co.uk, Coronavirus Northern Ireland: DUP would have opted for different restrictions, admits First Minister Foster, Osama bin Laden's son paid summer visit to Carrickfergus Castle, Co Down teen Josh Fletcher who survived rare blood disorder as child killed in crash, Ex-NI football stars enjoy big day just before rules are tightened, Belfast model Bernadette Hagans: 'I love showing that I may have a robot foot but I can still look good', The Belfast Telegraph is a member of IPSO and subscribes to its Editors' Code of Practice. After an English and Art history degree at Trinity College Dublin I trained in horticulture at RHS Wisley and then worked as planting designer for many times Chelsea winner landscape architect Arabella Lennox-Boyd. It's like musical chairs - you can move anything as long as you do it properly, and they're being properly watered.". It definitely was not a typical family home. On Monday, news broke that married actor Dominic West had been photographed kissing 31-year-old actress Lily James during a trip to Italy. scarlet Chinese lantern flowers, broad swathers of gunnera, Embothrium from Chile. We have collaborated on many projects in the UK and Ireland – large country gardens, as well as smaller London ones. Isaac Bickerstaff, Catherine FitzGerald and Dominic West as they make a statement to press outside their Cotswolds home. Fast-forward to Tuesday, and he was pictured reuniting with his wife of 10 years, Catherine FitzGerald, with the couple defiantly kissing for waiting paparazzi, before posting a note that said they had a strong marriage on their gates. "The knighthood was very much ancient history - there are lots of ifs and buts about it. "It's sad when it's musty and shut-up. They split after university, with Catherine going on to marry Edward Lambton in 1995, becoming Viscountess Lambton for a time, until their divorce in 2002. Copyright © 2019 Great Gardens of the World. Tuesday, 20 October 2020 | 12.6°C Belfast, Menu Welcome to Tatler. These include giant leaved Tetrapanax ‘Rex’, champion Drymis winteri, Crinodendron with. The house was built for entertaining in the 18th century and it needs to do its job," says Catherine, who goes on to explain that the castle, which has 15 bedrooms, can be rented for weekends, with full catering on site, as well as cookery demos, archery, clay-pigeon shooting, casino nights, and talks on the colourful history of the castle. "Dominic (West) had a daughter with a friend of mine, Polly; and I got married, but that didn't work out. This site uses cookies to improve your experience and deliver personalised advertising. The woman at the centre of the celebrity scandal of the year, Catherine FitzGerald is the daughter of the last Knight of Glin, Desmond FitzGerald, and his wife Olda, whose family seat is Glin Castle in Ireland, By Derreen garden in County Kerry, Ireland and Ninfa in Lazio, Italy. It has been lovingly tended by each generation of the FitzGerald family who have been planting interesting specimen trees and shrubs since the 1800s. She and her husband, TV and film star Dominic West, now own it, and are hoping to keep it going by making it wash its face. "He was trained as a furniture museum curator; he was the head of furniture at the V&A before he came back to Ireland. Limerick. https://www.greatgardensoftheworld.com/gardens/catherine-fitzgerald Catherine finds the dual life somewhat unsettling, as she would like to spend more time at the castle, which they now own. This main vista takes a line directly from the graceful Venetian window which centres the south front of the house and ends with a perfectly sited Persian Ironwood tree encircled by an elegant low Arts and Crafts scalloped wall . The couple have four children - Dora (13), Senan (10), Francis (9), and Christabel (5). I seek to create gardens which feel completely of their place rather than imposed, acting with nature and local idiom. Living in a castle wasn't the only unusual thing about her childhood. After boarding school, Catherine went to Trinity, where she studied English literature and history of art. Andrew Montgomery Dominic in the kitchen of Glin Castle… The eldest of three daughters, Catherine was born on 18 May 1971 in Ireland, to parents Desmond and Olda FitzGerald. Our best friend was also at Trinity with us. The eldest of three girls, Catherine was actually born in London and brought to live in Glin when she was three. Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. It's so hard to keep it ticking over; it's such a delicate house," Catherine says. Catherine FitzGerald, who has been working on the restoration of the gardens at Hillsborough Castle, holds another historic property close to her heart — Glin Castle. Dominic West and Catherine Fitzgerald in their home, Glin Castle, Ireland. The restored walled kitchen garden with colourful borders and giant echiums, romantic rose arches, vegetable, herb plot and orchard is overlooked by a charming green house full of sweet geraniums and lemon verbena. Life is full of serendipities and mysteries. Happily, in 2015, Catherine and her husband, Dominic, stepped in to buy the castle, their wedding venue, turning it instead into a hotel and events venue. "The garden is a theatre with ever-changing scenes. My work depends on a balance of structure created by evergreen bones with looser romantic planting to soften and contrast – always ensuring a succession of interest follows throughout each season into deepest winter.My experience comes from gardening at my family home, Glin Castle, on the Shannon estuary in the west of Ireland.