The Royal Gunpowder Mills are eight kilometers from Cork City on the main Killarney road. The Pleasure Ground at Doneraile, on the garden side of the house, contains some unusual trees, including redwoods, Chusan palms and a Cork oak. Here also are specimens of cherry, yew, variegated sycamore and plane. The date of the building of the house is uncertain, some architectural historians believe that the basement dates from the late seventeenth century. The 1st Viscount Doneraile may have occupied the house shortly after he got married in 1690.
Pathways are generally accessible for people with disabilities.