Ireland’s premier accommodation for guests of the nation

Farmleigh was originally a small Georgian house in Phoenix Park. It was purchased by Edward Cecil Guinness on his marriage to his cousin, Adelaide Guinness in 1873. Edward, the great-grandson of the famous brewer Arthur Guinness became the 1st Earl of Iveagh in 1919. Farmleigh got a total revamp by the Irish architect James Franklin Fuller who refurbished the existing house and added a 3rd story. Inside the styles range from Classical, Jacobean, Louis XV, Louis XVI to Georgian. In 1999, the 78-acre estate was purchased from the Guinness family by the Irish Government for €29.2m and has sympathetically been refurbished by the Office of Public Works. It is now used as premier accommodation for visiting dignitaries, guests of the nation, high-level government meetings, and public enjoyment.