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SUMMARY:The Historic Landscape of Castletown House
DESCRIPTION:An illustrated talk by Finola O’Kane\, landscape historian\, architect and Professor at the School of Architecture\, Planning and Environmental Policy\, University College Dublin \nThis illustrated lecture will explore the historic character of the demesne landscape of Castletown House in Celbridge\, Co. Kildare\, touching on its outstanding universal value for all Irish people. It will discuss some of the key people involved in its creation\, many of them women. It will outline its wonderful water landscape of cascades\, ponds\, rivulets and streams leading to the Liffey and its folly landscape of cottages\, lodges and other garden buildings (surviving and lost). It will touch upon its extraordinary arboriculture heritage and the conservation of its wonderful avenues\, clumps\, specimen trees and forêt ornée. \nFinola O’Kane is a landscape historian\, architect\, and Professor at the School of Architecture\, Planning and Environmental Policy\, University College Dublin. Her books include Landscape Design in Eighteenth-Century Ireland: Mixing Foreign Trees with the Natives (Cork\, 2004)\, Ireland and thePicturesque: Design\, Landscape Painting\, and Tourism\, 1700–1840 (PMC/Yale\, 2013) and the recent Landscape Design and Revolution in Ireland and the United States 1688-1815\, (PMC/Yale\, June\, 2023). \nProfessor O’Kane has also published widely on eighteenth-century Dublin\, Irish urban and suburban history\, and plantation landscapes\, with the co-edited volume Ireland\, Slavery and the Caribbean: Interdisciplinary Perspectives published in 2023 by Manchester University Press. \nElected a member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2017\, in 2024 she was appointed one of six Senior Fellows at Dumbarton Oaks by the Trustees of Harvard University for 2024-2027 and is currently also a Visiting Fellow at the School of History and Archives\, TCD. \nThe 2026 talks’ series at Castletown House is dedicated to the memory of the late Jeanne Meldon and is presented by the Office of Public Works (OPW) in association with The Castletown Foundation.
URL:https://castletown.ie/events/the-historic-landscape-of-castletown-house-by-finola-okane/
LOCATION:Castletown House\, Hunting room\, Celbridge\, Kildare\, W23 V9H3\, Ireland
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260424T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260424T213000
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SUMMARY:The Royal Irish Academy of Music - Academy Artists in Concert
DESCRIPTION:The Royal Irish Academy of Music\, Ireland’s oldest music conservatoire\, is a home for those who choose to live in music. It is the language through which its passionate learning community expresses itself\, grows\, and flourishes. \nThis special concert\, set in the magnificent surroundings of Castletown House\, offers a vivid glimpse of that spirit\, and an invitation to experience the artistry\, care\, and high performance that shape Academy students. \nExpect an evening of compelling music-making\, full of energy and individuality\, bringing audiences closer to the artists who the RIAM lifts to their highest potential and to the futures they help to shape. \nFull details of the performers and their programmes will be announced shortly.
URL:https://castletown.ie/events/the-royal-irish-academy-of-music-young-performers-showcase/
LOCATION:Castletown House\, Hunting room\, Celbridge\, Kildare\, W23 V9H3\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Castletown House":MAILTO:castletown@opw.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260509T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260509T163000
DTSTAMP:20260523T214419
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SUMMARY:The Houses of Guinness
DESCRIPTION: An illustrated lecture by Adrian Tinniswood\, author of ‘The Houses of Guinness: The Lives\, Homes and Fortunes of the Great Brewing Dynasty’. \nThis illustrated lecture is an exploration of the Guinness family through their Irish and UK homes. The book was published in November 2025 to coincide with the broadcast of the new Netflix historical drama series House of Guinness. Properties highlighted include Farmleigh House\, Beaumont House\, Luttrellstown Castle and 80 St. Stephens Green\, now called Iveagh House\, home to the Department of Foreign Affairs\, all in Dublin\, as well as Luggala in the Wicklow Mountains and Ashford Castle in Cong\, Co. Mayo. Their UK homes include Elveden Hall in Thetford\, Suffolk\, and Kenwood House\, on London’s Hampstead Heath. \nAdrian Tinniswood is the author of twenty books on social and architectural history\, including ‘The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House Between the Wars’\, a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller; and ‘The Verneys: a True Story of Love\, War and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England’\, which was shortlisted for the BBC/Samuel Johnson Prize. His latest book is ‘The Houses of Guinness: The Lives\, Homes and Fortunes of the Great Brewing Dynasty’. He is Professor of British Cultural History at the University of Buckingham and Adjunct Professor of History at Maynooth University. He and his wife Helen live in the West of Ireland. \nThe 2026 talks’ series at Castletown House is dedicated to the memory of the late Jeanne Meldon and is presented by the Office of Public Works (OPW) in association with The Castletown Foundation. \nDoors open at 3pm and the talk runs from 3.30pm to 4.30pm \nwww.adriantinniswood.com
URL:https://castletown.ie/events/the-houses-of-guinness-an-illustrated-lecture-by-adrian-tinniswood-author-of-the-houses-of-guinness/
LOCATION:Castletown House\, Hunting room\, Celbridge\, Kildare\, W23 V9H3\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Castletown House":MAILTO:castletown@opw.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260522T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260523T150000
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SUMMARY:
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun- filled\, free family event to find and record as many species as possible. \nThe meeting point for all activities is at the gazebo at the stables entrance East Courtyard. \nAll children under 18 must have an adult or guardian with at all times. \nWrap up warmly and wear sturdy boots\, \nPlease note – strictly no dogs or wheels allowed. \nPlease note there are limited places available on the bat walk and tickets must be reserved from eventbrite in advance: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/bat-walk-at-castletown-house-parklands-tickets \n  \n 
URL:https://castletown.ie/events/11104/
ORGANIZER;CN="Castletown House":MAILTO:castletown@opw.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260522T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260522T213000
DTSTAMP:20260523T214419
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SUMMARY:The Beartla Ó Flatharta Céilí Band
DESCRIPTION:Hailing from Leixlip in north County Kildare\, the Beartla Ó Flatharta Céilí Band are recognised as one of Ireland finest exponents of Irish traditional dance music. The band was formed in 2008 by childhood friends who grew up playing music together\, forming lasting friendships through the Leixlip branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. The band is named in memory of the late Connemara native Beartla Ó Flatharta\, a piper\, button accordion player and a sean-nós singer and two of his daughters\, Róisín and Úna play in the band. \nSince the formation of the band\, past and present members have contributed to the development of their unique Kildare style of Céilí Band playing – an exciting brand of music\, delighting audiences throughout the island of Ireland while remaining true to the traditional style handed down by the great musical masters. Doors open at 7.30pm and the performance runs from 8pm to 9.30pm \nThe band has competed over the years in the Senior Céilí Band Competition\, winning numerous Kildare and Leinster titles. In 2024 and after a six-year hiatus\, the band decided to return and compete once again and were crowned the All-Ireland Champions at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Wexford. Their debut album ‘Amongst Friends’\, has been just released and celebrates the spirit of friendship\, family\, and tradition that has always defined their music. \nThe band members are Colm Hanley (fiddle)\, Colm Ó hArgáin (fiddle)\, Finóla Lawlor (fiddle)\, Seán Keane (fiddle)\, Elaine Clarke (flute)\, Ann-Marie Grogan (flute)\, Róisín Ní Fhlatharta (accordion)\, Gearóid Keane (concertina)\, Úna Ní Fhlatharta (drums) and Declan Magee (piano). \nDoors open at 7.30pm and the performance runs from 8pm to 9.30pm \nwww.thebeartlas.ie
URL:https://castletown.ie/events/the-beartla-o-flatharta-ceili-band/
LOCATION:Castletown House\, Hunting room\, Celbridge\, Kildare\, W23 V9H3\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Castletown House":MAILTO:castletown@opw.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260613T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260613T163000
DTSTAMP:20260523T214419
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SUMMARY:The Painted Decorations in the Long Gallery at Castletown House
DESCRIPTION:A lecture by Deirdre Cullen on the painted decorations in the Long Gallery at Castletown House. \nDeirdre Cullen was awarded a PhD at University College Dublin in 2026 for her study of the painted decorations in the Long Gallery at Castletown House\, Co. Kildare. Having previously graduated with an MA in Art History at UCD\, while working as a guide and information officer at Castletown she developed a curiosity about the eighteenth-century painted scheme in the Long Gallery\, executed in 1775 and 1776 by the young English artist Charles Reuben Ryley. She returned to UCD to undertake a PhD on this topic. \nHer thesis argues that\, despite the absence of an architect’s steering hand\, the Long Gallery scheme is strongly aligned with the neoclassical painted room genre established in England by the architects James ‘Athenian’ Stuart\, Robert Adam and James Wyatt in the 1760s and 1770s. But the Gallery stands apart in its sheer scale and in the complexity of its iconography\, with hundreds of individual painted images celebrating the history\, mythology\, literature and visual legacy of the ancient world\, created largely under the direction of Lady Louisa Conolly (1743-1821) in an era when women did not typically receive a formal education in the classics. Doors open at 3pm and the talk runs from 3.30pm to 4.30pm \nDeirdre Cullen’s doctoral research was funded by the Irish Research Council in partnership with the Office of Public Works. She was joint awardee of the Irish Georgian Society’s Desmond Guinness Scholarship in 2021 and of the society’s John Maiben Gilmartin Award in 2025. \nThe 2026 talks’ series at Castletown House is dedicated to the memory of the late Jeanne Meldon and is presented by the Office of Public Works (OPW) in association with The Castletown Foundation. \nDoors open at 3pm and the talk runs from 3.30pm to 4.30pm \nwww.castletown.ie
URL:https://castletown.ie/events/the-painted-decorations-in-the-long-gallery-at-castletown-house/
LOCATION:Castletown House\, Hunting room\, Celbridge\, Kildare\, W23 V9H3\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Castletown House":MAILTO:castletown@opw.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260626T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260626T213000
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CREATED:20260314T132900Z
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SUMMARY:Elsafty\, Armstrong & Browne featuring Róisín Elsafty (Song)\, Siobhán Armstrong (Early Irish Harp) & Ronan Browne (Union Pipes\, Flute & Whistle)
DESCRIPTION:This trio presents the scintillating voice of one of Ireland’s finest Conamara singers\, Róisín Elsafty\, together with the very rare and meltingly beautiful sound of the medieval Irish harp\, played by Ireland’s foremost historical harpist\, Siobhán Armstrong\, woven with the diverse colours of Ronan Browne’s flutes\, whistles and 175-year-old pipes. \nFrom sparkling songs to harp laments and old pipes “pieces”\, we are given a glimpse of the unique sound of early Ireland. Róisín performs evocative unaccompanied songs in the florid Conamara style\, together with achingly beautiful 17th- and 18th-century Irish harpers’ songs with harp and flute accompaniment. \nPlaying a facsimile copy of Ireland’s national emblem – and Europe’s oldest surviving harp\, the medieval Trinity College harp – in the ancient manner\, with fingernails striking brass\, silver and 18-carat gold strings\, Siobhán plays the compositions of the old Irish harper-composers. \nRonan’s low pitch Union pipes\, dating from circa 1850\, have that rich tone which makes you want to curl up and snuggle deep into their rumbling purr as he performs old airs\, marches and jigs. \nThe coming together of these three musical minds with their deep fascination\, love and respect for that past which created our present\, makes for a warm\, informative and joyous evening’s entertainment. \nDoors open at 7pm and the performance runs from 8pm to 9.30pm \nwww.ronanbrownemusic.com \nwww.siobhanarmstrong.com
URL:https://castletown.ie/events/elsafty-armstrong-browne-featuring-roisin-elsafty-song-siobhan-armstrong-early-irish-harp-ronan-browne-union-pipes-flute-whistle/
LOCATION:Castletown House\, Hunting room\, Celbridge\, Kildare\, W23 V9H3\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Castletown House":MAILTO:castletown@opw.ie
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