Greenan Farm Museums And Maze

This is another of the many surprisingly great little places that are tucked away in Co. Wicklow. It’s less than an hour’s drive from Dublin.

We took a lovely walk through the nature areas, including a dragonfly pond (bring insect repellent – dragonflys aren’t the only bugs around), then headed into the Celtic Maze – a whorled celtic design which is a lot harder to navigate than it looks! There’s a little farmyard area too, and since it’s springtime, there were fluffy yellow ducklings and lots of baby lambs. We were startled by a large grey goose who hissed at us ferociously – I was very glad he was on the other side of a fence! Shortly afterwards we met one of the farmers, who explained that the goose was being protective because his female was sitting on eggs which were just about to hatch. The farmer had a tiny lamb in tow, just four weeks old, and we got to pet her – she was so soft and cuddly :o)

We didn’t go into the museums, but for those who are interested in such things there’s one full of old farming implements, and another with old bottles and farmhouse things. There are tea-rooms too, woefully overpriced as these things are wont to be; far better bring a packed lunch and picnic along the nature trail, where there are several picnic benches.

On the way back to the car-park we stopped at the Solstice Maze. This one has no walls, just paths of grass and gravel with standing stones around the edge and at the centre. It’s intended to provide a meditative walk, but there were several groups already there, so we didn’t stay long.

Their website is at http://www.greenanmaze.com with info, opening times and map.