Castletown House is open for daily guided tours from the 15th of March 2026
The current opening hours of the parklands are 07:00 to 19:00
Silver Haven Coffee now open in the West Courtyard
The Courtyard café is closed for the foreseeable future.
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.
To contact us email castletown@opw.ie
Drones are NOT permitted on the estate without prior permission.
Café
The café is closed for the forseeable future.
Group/School Bookings
For group / school bookings (more than 8 people), please e-mail castletown@opw.ie
Code of Conduct
Please download the Code of Conduct for Dog Owners (PDF)
Guidelines for suitable food for the ducks in our pond can be found here.
The Castletown Blog
Stay up to date, and enjoy glimpses from behind the scenes at Castletown! Below are the latest entries. Click here for the archive.
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 2nd Duke of Lennox and Duke of Aubigny of the French nobility (1701–1750). Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond was the only son of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (1672-1723) and his wife, Anne (d.1722), widow of Henry, 2nd...
William Conolly’s Funeral
Speaker William Conolly died at his house in Capel Street on 30th October 1729 having collapsed in the House of Commons ten days earlier. His death was lingering, with Thomas Pearson talking of blisters on arms and thighs, continuing fluxes and purges and a fever. 23...
William Conolly
William Conolly (1662-1729) William Conolly was born in Ballyshannon in Co Donegal in 1662. He has been described variously as the son of an innkeeper, a miller or a land manager. He was a Protestant himself but his background was Catholic on his mother side,...