Welcome to Malahide Castle
One of Dublin Tourism's Top Visitor Attractions
 Malahide Castle, set on 250
acres of park land in the pretty seaside town of Malahide,
was both a fortress and a private home for nearly eight
hundred years. The Talbot family lived here from 1185 to
1973, when the last Lord Talbot died.
The house is furnished with
beautiful period furniture together with an extensive collection
of Irish portrait paintings, mainly from the National Gallery.
The history of the Talbot family is recorded in the Great
Hall, with portraits of generations of the family telling
their own story of Ireland's stormy history. One of the
more poignant legends concerns the morning of the Battle
of the Boyne in 1690, when fourteen members of the family
breakfasted together in this room, never to return, as
all were dead by nightfall.
Private banquets are held in
our medieval great Hall for 30-76 persons.
Tours are available in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish and
Japanese.
Facilities include a craft shop and restaurant. Coach, bus and car parking
is available.
Tara's Palace is undoubtedly one of the world's most significant Dolls Houses.
Inspired by Sir Neville Wilkinson's celebrated Titania's Palace of 1907, Ron and Doreen McDonnell sought to recapture the spirit and purpose of Sir Neville, when they began the creation of their own masterpiece - Tara's Palace in 1980.
A major feature of Malahide Castle Demesne is the beautiful
Talbot Botanic Gardens. The gardens, as they exist today,
were largely created by Lord Milo Talbot between 1948 and
1973. They cover an area of between 7ha and 8ha of shrubbery
and 1.5ha of walled gardens.
Please note admission to Malahide Castle & the Fry Model Railway is restricted on the following dates due to the holding of the Radiohead, Eric Clapton and Neil Young concerts:
Concert dates for 2008 are June 6, 7, & 21st & 29th.
Malahide Castle & the Fry Model Railway will remain open during regular business hours on all concert dates.
Tickets for all concerts can be purchased through Ticketmaster, www.ticketmaster.ie
Any other enquiries relating to these concerts should be directed to the following websites:
Radiohead
www.mcd.ie
Eric Clapton & Neil Young
www.aikenpromotions.ie
Opening Times:
January-December
Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm
April-September
Sundays & Public Holidays: 10am-6pm
October-March
Sundays & Public Holidays: 11am-5pm
Closed for tours 12.45pm-2pm.
Restauarant remains open during lunch.
How to Get There:
By bus: Bus 42 from city centre.
By train: Suburban rail and DART from Connolly Station to Malahide.
By car:
From Dublin Airport - on leaving at the roundabout take the second exit. At the
Airport roundabout take the first exit onto the R132 (signpost for Belfast here).
At Cloghran roundabout take the second exit onto the Dublin Road – R132
(signpost for Belfast here). Continue straight onto the R132. At Pinnock Hill
Roundabout take the second exit onto the R132 (signpost for Belfast here). At
the Malahide Road roundabout take the third exit onto the Swords Road – R106
(signpost for Malahide here). Continue straight on this road and take the first
exit on the next roundabout onto the Swords Road. Continue straight along this
road for approx one mile, turn right at the traffic lights onto the R107. Take
the next turn left onto the Back Road and the next turn left into the grounds
of Malahide Castle.
From city centre - start at the Daniel O’Connell monument on O’Connell
Street, turn left onto Amiens Street – R105 (signpost for Malahide, Howth
and Fairview here). Go straight through traffic lights onto North Strand Road
R105, continue on this road for approx .5 miles then turn left at the traffic
lights onto the Malahide Road – R107, continue straight on this road until
you reach your first roundabout. Take the second exit on this roundabout onto
the Malahide Road, continue straight until you reach another roundabout, take
the second exit onto the Malahide Road (signpost for Malahide here). Go straight
through the traffic lights continuing on the Malahide Road, you will reach Kinsealy,
keep going straight and you will reach Feltrim and then Malahide. Turn right
onto the Back Road and take the next turn left into the grounds of Malahide Castle.
Click
here to see a map of how to get to Malahide Castle
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