Return to 100 Objects of County Laoise Menu Ballykilcavan near Stradbally is home to Ireland’s champion black walnut tree. It is thought to have been brought back from North America by a triumphant Colonel Hunt Walsh, after he commanded the 28th Regiment of Foot and helped Britain capture Quebec in 1759. Subsequently promoted to […]
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