THROUGH MY LENS - Walk with Neil Port at Mount Stewart Gardens (Part 5)

We have reached the Mount Stewart’s family private burial grounds at Tir na nOg on the estate.  This is the final place that Neil Porteous, our Head Gardeners is taking us today.

There are two turreted buildings within the burial ground.The western turret has two of its three windows housing fine wrought iron frames and exquisite stained glass.This cross has only recently been put there and it is the memorial stone of Charles 7th Marquess of Londonderry.

There is a beautiful wooden ceiling and I spied a Wasp’s nest at the base of the roof.

 In the eastern turret at Tir n’an Og is a relief by Margaret Wrightson depicting Ethlinn, the daughter of the king of the Formorians, of the Evil Eye, holding the baby Lugh, the Celtic Sun God. Wrightson’s design is based on a design for a tarot card, first published by Maude Gonne McBride in her book ‘Cow of Plenty’, published in 1910. 

The only difference is Lugh is holding a cross. 

There are very fine reliefs by Morris Harding and the Twelve Apostles are depicted in a higher sequence of reliefs.

If you missed any of the former 4 parts in this series, you can find them on my posts that I published during the last 2 weeks on Monday and Wednesdays.
I am linking with THROUGH MY LENS.

Many thanks for visiting and also your comments.