I N V I T A T I O N

Rathfarnham Castle - Dublin

Wednesday 16th July 2025 - 11.30am.

Eircode - D14 K3T6

Tour Duration - 1 Hour app.

 

Booking etc:

The Yellow House Restaurant, about five minutes’ walk from the castle, is pre-booked for the post tour lunch, it comes highly recommended and does everything from soup and sandwiches to a carvery lunch. Please indicate if you wish to be included in the lunch count.

To book email or text Eamonn 086 8703323. You are welcome to invite a companion to come along.

Seniors are charged €4 each, and buses number 16 and 15b stop outside the castle. Pay-and-display parking is available nearby.

The castle at Rathfarnham dates back to the Elizabethan period. It was built for Adam Loftus, a Yorkshire clergyman and politician. Loftus was ambitious and eventually rose to become Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

Loftus’s castle, with its four flanker towers, is an excellent example of the Elizabethan fortified house in Ireland. In the late eighteenth century, the house was remodelled on a splendid scale employing some of the finest architects of the day including Sir William Chambers and James ‘Athenian’ Stuart. The collection includes family portraits by Angelica Kauffman, Sir Peter Lely, and Hugh Douglas Hamilton. It now hosts a wealth of exhibitions and cultural events.

Tour Organisers,

Joan & Tom Fennell