Oak Park, County Carlow
Oak Park is an estate in County Carlow, Republic of Ireland, located north of the town of Carlow. The estate was purchased by Irish MP Henry Bruen in 1775. It remained in the family until 1957, being inhabited by Bruen's son and grandson, both MPs of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
The site includes several structures listed on the Irish National Inventory of Architectural Heritage:
of the site are now operated by the Carlow Tourist Office as Oak Park Forest Park. The admission-free park, which features of nature trails, won a Royal Dublin Society Irish Forestry Award in 2013.
Oak Park also hosts a "national centre for tillage and bio-energy crops research", operated by Teagasc.
Col. Henry Bruen supplied the oak for the great-framed roof of the Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow from nearby Oak Park.
