Vintage view: An architectural folly in Waterford built in Famine times

Kya deLongchamps encourages us to take a walk through a historical monument to man’s inhumanity to man — an architectural folly in West Waterford built in Famine times. 

The Towers Walk, around 2.5 kilometres outside the heritage town of Lismore in West Waterford, is one of several gilded, leafy rambles in and around the aristocratic demesne of the Duke of Devonshire.

Glowing with history and feted scenery, Vivaldi’s Spring will be playing in your head on arrival.