CASTLETOWN HOUSE, CO. KILDARE

Undoubtedly the greatest Palladian House in Ireland, Castletown House had fallen into terrible disrepair until rescued in 1967 by the Hon. Desmond Guinness who passed it over to the Castletown Foundation in 1979. The Irish State assumed responsibility for it in 1994 and the OPW is in the process of the monumental task of repair and refurbishment of this magnificent house.

Location:
Follow South Quays on M50/N4 to Galway. After Lucan, turn off dual carriageway for Celbridge. Over the bridge in Celbridge, turn right. At the end of the road turn left at the old gates onto the Maynooth road, to the small roundabout and take the second left to the N4 Interchange. Then the fourth left exit, right up to the entrance.