Dublin Branch Event

10:45 am
28/06/2023

Dublin Branch RMATUI

To RMATUI Colleagues,

I N V I T A T I O N

Guided Tour of Celbridge Village

Wednesday 28^th June

Meet-Up at 10.45am – Tesco Carpark Celbridge

Estimated Tour Duration - a little over an hour & a half

____________________________

Booking Information

Please indicate If you wish to attend by email or text to Eamonn asap , and before Saturday 24^th June at the latest. Receipt of your booking will be confirmed. It is understood that late cancellations are sometimes unavoidable. You are very welcome to invite a companion.

Thanks to Branch Joint Secretary Daithí Mac an Aircinn for making the arrangements and providing all of the outing information.

Eamonn Kerrigan

Br. Joint Secretary

Mob. 086 7803323

______________________

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

A flavour of Celbridge’s History

Birthplace of Arthur Guinness
Castletown House, home of speaker Connolly of Grattan’s parliament and Lady Louisa Connolly.
Celbridge Abbey the meeting place of Dean Swift of Gulliver's Travels fame with Vanesa (Esther)
An RIC barracks and courthouse.
A mill dating back to 1217
Workhouse and famine graveyard.
Kildrought House dating back to 1719

Our Guided Tour will include the following

Famine Graveyard
Celbridge Workhouse
Guinness Statue beside the old courthouse
Kildrought House gardens across from the old RIC barracks.
Several buildings of interest at Castletown gates.
Walk up Castletown House drive to end up at the cafe tearooms, and finish with stories of Castletown house.

The Castletown House Avenue is about a 1km walk, doable in 15 minutes. If you feel it might be a little too much you can skip it and relax with refreshments at one of the many coffee shops and eateries in the village.

Please note that guided tours or self-guided tours of Castletown House, run by the OPW, are provided hourly from 10am until 4:30pm. Tickets can be purchased on-site at reception in the West (cafe) wing.

Meet-up Location

Meet at the Costa building at Tesco Superstore car park Maynooth road Celbridge at 10.45am.

Link to map: https://goo.gl/maps/B25tEUo6LnivGpEh9

To cover costs a charge of €5 per person will be collected before our village tour commences.

How to get there.

By bus: Take the C4 to Celbridge from the city centre from Aston Quay. Stop 3908 Maynooth Road, is the closest stop to Tescos. It is better not to use the 120 which goes from Wellington Quay as it stops at the other end of the village, leaving you with a long walk to Tesco’s. Also, it can be unreliable.

By Car: Traveling on the M4 take Exit 6 and follow signs for Celbridge. As you near the village you will pass by an Aldi on your right and a Lidl on your left. At the traffic lights after Lidl take a right to get into the Tesco carpark.