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cts alessandro galilei edward lovett pearce wings other designers william chambers 1760 simon vierpyl 1766 richard cranfield 1768 other information parking on site website castletown ie references 1 castletown house castletown house celbridge county kildare ireland is a palladian house built in 1722 for william conolly the speaker of the irish house of commons 2 it formed the centrepiece of an 800 acre 320 ha estate the estate was sold in 1965 by william conolly carew 6th baron carew and later sub divided the house and a core demesne of 120 acres were bought by a group of preservationists and became the first major project of the irish georgian society they were later transferred to a dedicated charitable foundation and ultimately to state ownership in 1994 in november 2025 the office of public works acquired 235 acre 95 ha of the remaining part of the estate in private ownership 3 interiors edit on the piano nobile there are a series of ever grander reception rooms typical of the 1720s the house was entered by ascending a staircase outside before coming into a large entrance hall which was decorated with stucco gilding and pictures of the family to the left is the dining room which was made out of two smaller rooms to the right of the hall was the huge staircase itself this was made of portland stone and is cantilevered straight on on the left is the green drawing room also known as the saloon because of its position in the house this was the room that the family used to receive their guests in before leaving and staying on the left hand side of the house entering the red drawing room beyond this the print room is decorated with cut outs of favourite images following the fashion of the 1760s this room is on the right side and is thought to be the only surviving example of this type of room in ireland from this period further on is the state bedroom which was never used by royalty as such but by the various viceroys based in dublin in it are chairs which were from venice another feature of castletown is the long gallery an 80 foot 24 m long room decorated in the pompeian manner by o reilly in the 1770s in blue red and gold history edit early history edit on william conolly s death in 1729 his widow katherine née conyngham continued living in the house and hosting extravagant entertainments there until her own death in 1752 4 the castletown estate then passed to conolly s nephew william james conolly mp for ballyshannon on william james death in 1754 it passed to his son tom conolly whose wife lady louisa great granddaughter of charles ii of england and louise de keroualle finished the interior decoration during the 1760s and 1770s lady louisa had grown up in carton house within a demesne to the north east of castletown house much of the work on the interior was carried out to designs of william chambers lady louisa also ordered extensive work on the grounds the drainage scheme through the woodland is ingenious creating dry paths for walking on land that is below the watertable the ha ha fence is part of this intricate network the paths through the forest she set out are still in walking condition although due to anti joyrider measures how several of the culverts have broken and the pathways are again subject to flooding the house in 1835 dublin penny journal when tom conolly died in 1803 he left the estate to his wife who on her own death in 1821 bequeathed it to her great nephew edward michael pakenham later the mp for donegal on condition he adopted the surname of conolly he was succeeded by his eldest son another tom conolly the eccentric mp for donegal from 1849 to 1876 5 tom s eldest son thomas inherited castletown but after he was killed in 1900 the estate passed to his brother major edward conolly the conolly family continued to reside in their ancestral home later bearing the compound surname connolly carew and the title baron carew until 1965 that year the 6th baron carew sold castletown house along with its contents and 580 acres of land for 166 000 the purchasers were julian de lisle a london based property owner businessman and cousin of the guinness family and major james wilson master of the kildare hunt and also a cousin of de lisle 6 portions of the estate have since been sold and developed although some original features have been preserved within the new constructions desmond guinness and the castletown foundation edit the house was bought in 1967 by mariga and desmond guinness for 93 000 to save it from vandalism became the flagship of the irish georgian society and was eventually handed over to the newly established castletown foundation citation needed the estate was sold on in parts with 120 acres 0 49 km 2 held as curtilage around the house some small quantities retained privately by desmond guinness the forested crodaun woods part sold to what became coillte and around 25 acres 100 000 m 2 acquired over time by kildare county council most of the core estate remains as woodland or green space but a large fraction in the south west was developed as castletown estate controversially approaching the main house closely and taking in the walled garden and the orchard the wall of which remains which were lost however some other features such as the gazebo the steward s house and a mock temple were retained after negotiations between developer janus securities and the irish georgian society citation needed modern times edit rear northwest facade the charitable castletown foundation struggled with the financial and operational demands of maintenance and ongoing restoration and in 1994 following extensive negotiations between the foundation and the state castletown house with its 120 acre residual demesne was transferred to the office of public works opw in 2024 the opw acquired donaghcumper house and ancillary lands from kildare county council located south of the river liffey opposite castletown house this purchase ensured the protection of the historic vistas to and from castletown house in november 2025 the irish state purchased the remainder of the castletown demesne bringing the total area of lands around the house in state ownership to 475 acres 7 the opw continued the programme of restoration of both house and lands across the broader former estate and despite the protection of the house and some estate features at least one of the outlying features the gazebo was partly demolished without planning permission in late 2007 8 an enforcement notice was served on the developer concerned and further action was expected 9 in 2012 work began to restore the lake on the lawn between castletown house and the liffey and this was followed in 2016 by work on the pleasure grounds behind and to the west of the house citation needed following some years of dispute over access and visitor parking after the sale of parts of the demesne the office of public works purchased some 235 acres of land for 11 25 million including the access from the m4 motorway this was added to the existing 227 acres of the castletown demesne already in state ownership and opw management this purchase brought to an end the long running and bitter dispute over public and vehicular access to the estate 10 on 22 december 2025 full public access to the castletown estate was restored 11 access and rights of way edit access by pedestrians is possible from one end of celbridge s main street along the former half mile main drive lined with lime trees access by car is since 2007 from the north beside junction 6 of the n4 m4 motorway with car parking near the house in september 2023 it was announced that the vehicular entrance and both main and disabled car parking areas would be closing due to disagreement between the state agency managing castletown and the new owners of much of the remaining land leading to active local protests 12 vehicular access to the house and state from the m4 motorway was restored in december 2025 following purchase of part of the lands by the office of public works 13 an informal footpath runs along the river liffey and a second path runs from the house towards leixlip passing the gate lodge designed by batty langley 14 current activities edit castletown house is available daily for tour until the 4th november 2026 tickets can be purchases through the heritage ireland website a full cultural program is offered each year talks and concerts will be advertised on www eventbrite ie castletown house has hosted various academic and artistic organisations the first arts organisation to take up residency at castletown house in 2007 was the performance corporation a site specific theatre company which established an office on the premises as well as running rehearsals for their productions and hosting an annual international cross artform residency programme the space programme 15 the opw maynooth university archive and research centre was launched by president mary mcaleese in november 2008 it was established to facilitate the care and study of archives and other sources dealing with the history of irish estates their houses and inhabitants it also facilitates research in the decorative arts the archive and research centre is located on the second floor of castletown house 16 from 2018 until 2023 a weekly 5 km parkrun took place in the parklands of castletown house on saturday mornings 17 see also edit the wonderful barn the conolly folly citations edit dictionary of irish architects www dia ie retrieved 7 october 2025 dr paul caffrey writing on archiseek com opw acquires historic estate lands at castletown house celbridge on behalf of the state gov ie retrieved 22 december 2025 wilson rachel elite women in ascendancy ireland 1690 1745 imitation and innovation boydell and brewer woodbridge 2015 978 1783270392 conolly edward michael 1786 1849 of castletown co kildare and cliff co donegal history of parliament online retrieved 18 december 2012 georgian mansion auction 1965 video rté archives retrieved 8 may 2025 opw acquires historic estate lands at castletown house celbridge on behalf of the state gov ie retrieved 22 december 2025 gazebo photos archived 7 june 2007 at the wayback machine background on castletown estate and the damage to the gazebo permanent dead link burns sarah state acquires lands around castletown house in co kildare for 11 25m the irish times retrieved 22 december 2025 mellett katie castletown house access road and public parking reopens after two year standoff the irish times retrieved 22 december 2025 protest over plan to restrict castletown house access in co kildare rté news 12 september 2023 car park at castletown demesne reopens following standoff rte ie 22 december 2025 party the labour the labour party archived from the original on 5 february 2017 retrieved 2 february 2010 space 2011 fires up 10 march 2011 jo 10 march 2011 space 2011 fires up the performance corporation retrieved 30 july 2021 castletown parkrun parkrun retrieved 30 april 2018 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