Irish National Stud
Thoroughbred horse
The Irish National Stud (official name: Colucht Groighe Naisiunta na hÉireann Teo (The Irish National Stud Co. Ltd)) is a Thoroughbred horse breeding facility based at Tully, Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland. It was formally established by incorporation on 11 April 1946 under the National Stud Act, 1945 and is owned by the Irish Government.
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Japanese Garden
The Japanese Gardens at Tully were created between the years 1906-1910. Devised
by Colonel William Hall-Walker (later Lord Wavertree), a wealthy Scotsman of a
famous brewery family and laid out by Japanese craftsman Tassa Eida and his son
Minoru.
Tassa Eida, his wife and two sons, Minoru and Kaiji, lived at Curragh House,
which is now the Racing Apprentice Centre of Education. The name Minoru which
means 'light of my eye' or the 'favourite one' was chosen by Colonel Hall-Walker
for his favourite Tully-bred colt. Tassa remained at Tully until 1911 when he
and his family moved to London England to create another garden.
When leased to King Edward VII for his racing career the colt Minoru carried the
royal colours to victory in the Derby of 1909 to joyous cheers of "Good Old
Teddy!" Eida died in 1912 on his intended return journey to Japan and no more
was heard of him or his family until Brian Eida, a son of Minoru, turned up as a
tourist in the late 1980s to admire the work of his grandfather Tassa.
In 1915, Colonel Hall-Walker departed to England, presenting his entire Tully
property to "The Nation." His Stud Farm became the British National Stud and the
Japanese Gardens entered a period of relative obscurity until 1945. In that year
(Tully properties having returned to the Irish Government in 1943) the Irish
National Stud Company was formed. In the following year, 1946, after a gap of 34
years, the Japanese Gardens got a horticultural supervisor.
The Gardens, planned to symbolise the 'Life of Man', are now of international
renown and are acclaimed as the finest Japanese Gardens in Europe.
The gardens at Tully are a living monument to the meeting of Eastern and Western
cultures in a Western setting. The symbolism of life the garden portrays traces
the journey of a soul from Oblivion to Eternity and the human experience of its
embodiment as it journeys by paths of its own choice through life. Typical
ambitions toward education, marriage, or a contemplative or carefree life,
achievement, happy old age and a gateway to Eternity are portrayed. Furthermore
as an example of Japanese Gardening of its period, it is perfect - a Japanese
Garden with a hint of Anglicisation about it, was precisely the type of garden
being made in Japan at that time.
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