Welcome to Castletown House
When it was built in the 1720s, Castletown set a radical precedent and it is an extraordinary part of our cultural inheritance. Now, as the OPW breathes contemporary life into Ireland’s earliest and finest Palladian house, it is trailblazing once more. We hope you enjoy your visit.
Castletown House is open 7 days a week from 10am to 6pm (last entry 5pm).
March 1st – March 31st:
Access by Guided Tour only.
Tour Times: 10.15, 11.00, 12.00, 13.00, 14.00, 15.00, 16.00, 16.45
April 1st – November 3rd:
Guided Tours at: 11:00, 13:00, 15:00
Self – Guided Tours: 10am – 6pm (last entry 5pm)
For group / school bookings (more than 8 people), please e-mail castletown@opw.ie.
The grounds are open daily all year round, and are free to enter and explore.
Please download the Code of Conduct for Dog Owners at this link. Guidelines for suitable food for the ducks in our pond can be found here.
BOOK ONLINE!
Click here to buy your tickets for our Guided & Self Guided Tours!
Castletown Experience now open!
Open from 10am to 5pm every day until the end of August and weekends in September, The Castletown Experience is the perfect place to entertain children during the summer holidays.
Come and see ‘Tales from the Attic’, the vintage dollhouse and toy exhibition, Maperath Pet Farm at weekends, our play area, fairy wood and playroom.
Tickets:
Adults: €6
Seniors: €4
Student / Child (over 3 yrs): €3
Family: €18
Or you can buy a Family Summer Pass which allows unlimited access to the Garden and Castletown Experience for the 2019 season for €40.
Tickets available from Castletown House reception (just inside the house front door) or from the ticket office in the West (cafe) courtyard.
Discover Ireland’s Iconic Heritage Sites with the Office of Public Works
Be inspired by this video to explore Ireland’s rich and diverse history in 2018, the European Year of Cultural Heritage. From our Unesco World Heritage site Newgrange in Ireland’s Ancient East to Skellig Michael on the Wild Atlantic Way, from Dublin Castle to the Swiss Cottage, from Céide Fields to the Phoenix Park – whatever your fancy or destination, plan your visit with us here. We would love to welcome you soon!
Conservation in Progress
Watch textile conservators May Berkouwer and Ksynia Marko at work conserving the original nineteenth-century silk wall hangings in the Crimson Drawing Room at Castletown. Their work is part of a larger project which aims to restore the historic character of the room. Be sure to put Castletown House on your itinerary this summer when you can discover, or rediscover, the fully conserved Crimson Drawing Room.
The Castletown Blog
Stay up to date, and enjoy glimpses from behind the scenes at Castletown! Here are the latest entries; click here for the archive.
Heritage Ireland latest e-zine
Have a read of the latest Heritage Ireland e-zine here: https://issuu.com/obair/docs/heritage_ireland_issue_10_summer_-_autumn_2019
Movie Magic at Castletown
Movie Magic at Castletown This blog will look back at some of the TV shows and movies which used Castletown as a location. In 1983 Castletown’s Courtyard café changed its name for Educating Rita. Remington Steele aired its final episodes in 1987 and Castletown...
Castletown 2019 – A New Season
Castletown 2019 by Deirdre Cullen Castletown House reopens to the public on Friday 1st March. During the winter break our OPW conservation team has been busy cleaning and caring for the house, we’ve been preparing an exciting programme of events, and we'll be open for...