As old age creeps on, the path is smoother and easier
[Japanese Garden - Irish National Stud - Tully - Kildare]

At the Well of Wisdom, they pause to wish for enlightenment
[Japanese Garden - Irish National Stud - Tully - Kildare]

Even if you are not interested in horsebreeding, a tour of The National Stud is well worth doing
[Irish National Stud - Kildare - Ireland]

From the cave the first steps of life leads along the path of childhood
[Japanese Garden - Irish National Stud - Tully - Kildare]

Here he started to breed thoroughbred horses
[Irish National Stud - Kildare - Ireland]

His soul is laid to rest, surrounded by weeping trees
[Japanese Garden - Irish National Stud - Tully - Kildare]

His soul passes through the Gate of Eternity.....and so the Story ends!
[Japanese Garden - Irish National Stud - Tully - Kildare]

In 1900 Col. William Hall-Walker purchased a farm at Tully, Kildare
[Irish National Stud - Kildare - Ireland]

In 1915 he gave the Stud as a gift to the British Crown
[Irish National Stud - Kildare - Ireland]

In 1943 it was handed back to the Irish government
[Irish National Stud - Kildare - Ireland]

In 1945 the Irish National Stud Company was formed
[Irish National Stud - Kildare - Ireland]

In return, he was bestowed the title Lord Wavertree
[Irish National Stud - Kildare - Ireland]

Irish National Stud gardens
[Irish National Stud - Kildare - Ireland]

Irish National Stud grounds
[Irish National Stud - Kildare - Ireland]

Irish National Stud grounds
[Irish National Stud - Kildare - Ireland]