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Hallelujah! for Irish Music and its Great Gardens
Houses & Gardens Mike Turner Houses & Gardens Mike Turner

Hallelujah! for Irish Music and its Great Gardens

Let us sing in praise of one of Ireland’s finest gardens, Danesmoate House, home of Adam Clayton, rock legend and bass player of the Irish band U2 and of another rock legend, well maybe that’s not quite the right word to describe a musical genius as famous in his day as U2 are in this – George Frideric Handel and his connection to Dublin.

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