The Houses of Guinness An illustrated lecture by Adrian Tinniswood, author of ‘The Houses of Guinness’
This illustrated lecture by Adrian Tinniswood, author of The Houses of Guinness, 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.
Adrian 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.
The 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.