Carton House

Carton House
Carton House, ancestral seat of the Dukes of Leinster, now used as a hotel
Carton House is located in Ireland
Carton House
Location within Ireland
General information
LocationMaynooth, County Kildare
CountryIreland
Coordinates53°23′24″N 6°33′58″W / 53.390°N 6.566°W / 53.390; -6.566

Carton House is a country house and surrounding demesne that was the ancestral seat of the Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster for over 700 years. Located 23 km west of Dublin, in Maynooth, County Kildare, the Carton Demesne is a 1,100 acres estate, from an original estate of 70,000 acres.[1] For two hundred years, the Carton Demesne was the finest example in Ireland of a Georgian-created parkland landscape. In the 2000s, much of the demesne was redeveloped into two golf courses and the house into a hotel complex.[2]

  1. ^ Arlincourt, Victor Vicomte d' (1844). "Victor Vicomte d'Arlincourt Jan 1844· Dumont".
  2. ^ "Hotel Review: Carton House is now a five-star resort, so what's it like to stay?". Irish Independent. Retrieved 11 December 2022.