Overlooking the basin of the River Barrow and with fine views of the plain that stretches to Dublin are the vestiges of a monastery founded in the 5th century by St Patrick, the patron Saint of Ireland, credited with bringing Christianity to the Island. Like...
In 1756 Arthur Guinness established a brewery in Leixlip , County Kildare , which he moved to Dublin in 1759. The business grew under his son Arthur and grandson Benjamin , who developed export markets in the United States and Europe. Sir Benjamin’s sons , Arthur...
Once an important ecclesiastical centre , and a Norman stronghold , but now famed as the centre of Irish house-breeding and training industry. The National Stud is on the outskirts of the own in Tully. St. Brigid founded a convent here in the 5th or 6th...
On your tours of Ireland why not make a stop at St. Brigid's Cathedral , where , towards the end of the 5th century , a holy woman from a subject tribe came to a pagan sanctuary in the middle of Leinster and converted it...
Ballitore is an old Quaker village where the Anglo-Irish political philosopher Edmund Burke (1729-97) was educated before going to Trinity College , Dublin. The Ballitore Quaker Museum above the village library, which is housed in the old Friends Meeting House, gives a vivid picture of...
Monuments to 18th century confidence in Irish trade , the Royal and Grand canals flow from Dublin through County Kildare and on into the Irish heartland. You may come across them on tour of Ireland. They are must see attractions. While Ireland had experienced a minor...
Worth a visit on any tours of Ireland. Castletown House is the most celebrated and magnificent Palladian style mansion in Ireland. It is situated in Celbridge , County Kildare. (Exit number 6 from the M4 at Celbridge West) The extraordinary scale , decoration , plasterwork and collections...
A real hidden gem. Castletown House is the first , and largest , Palladian-style country house in Ireland. It is located in Cellbridge , County Kildare and worth seeing on any tours of Ireland. The original design by Alessandro Galilei (1691-1737) influenced the architecture of Leinster House ,...