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Welcome to Malahide Castle |
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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 that the last admission to this site is at 12 noon on the following dates due to the holding of concerts:
June, 16th, 17th, 23rd, 30th, July 1st. The Castle will be closed on 21st July.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused. 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.
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