Páirc Náisiúnta Ghleann Bheatha
Glenveagh National Park

This month’s object is an unusual looking chair. It is a weighing chair originally used to weigh jockeys before a horse race. It now sits in the Entrance Hall at Glenveagh Castle. As a joke, the last private owner of the Castle, Henry McIlhenny would ask his guests to be weighed on arrival and then again on the way out at the end of their stay. This provided a lot of amusement and any weight gained was considered a measure of his hospitality.