Leinster Lodge - accommodation in Ireland
Self Catering Accommodation
Vera Behan, Leinster Lodge, Athy, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Phone: +353 507 31706 Fax:+353 507 32166 Mobile: 087 2779975
Email: worldmaps@eircom.net
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Leinster Lodge is an Irish Tourist Board approved 200 year old house situated on a working farm in quiet, peaceful countryside.

Holiday in an old irish Hunting Lodge
Relax in the peace of the Irish countryside

For self-catering we have:

  • a separate entrance with 4 twin bedrooms
  • 2 bathrooms
  • sitting room and open fire
  • dining room and kitchen
  • Let on a weekly basis from Sat - Sat for 6-8 people.
Activities...  
 

We are convenient to the Curragh and Punchestown racecourses, the National Stud and Japanese Gardens. Goff's Bloodstock complex is about half an hour's drive away, and we also have fishing, golfing and horseriding facilities locally.

We are 1km from Kilkea Castle, 5km from Athy, 12km from Carlow, 60km from Dublin, and 33km from Kilkenny.

Our home is located within 2km of the River Barrow and a branch of the Grand Canal. The fishing nearby is both good and varied, with Bream averaging 5lbs, as well as quality Rudd, Hybrids, Pike, Perch and Brown Trout. We have a bait fridge and house for fishing tackle.
History...  
 

Leinster Lodge was originally owned by the Duke of Leinster, and was a Hunting Lodge. In "Emily, Duchess of Leinster 1731-1841, a Study of her Life and Times", by Brian Fitzgerald, it was written:

"the building works of Carton House were still unfinished when James, Lord of Kildare, brought his beautiful young bride to Ireland after their marriage. So they spent the first few weeks of their married life at Leinster Lodge near Athy, in County Kildare".

In 1792, Lord Edward Fitzgerald married Pamela, daughter of the Duke of Orleans, and returned to Ireland and lived in Leinster Lodge, which was

given to him as a wedding present.

The room in Leinster Lodge in which the United Irishmen used to meet is still there to be seen. The rising of 1798 saw the death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald in Newgate Jail after being wounded.

Leinster Lodge is a two storey georgian House built of limestone, with two central chimneys and a slate roof. It is a five bay house, with a limestone surround on the main door.

Leinster Lodge is on the estate maps of the Duke of Leinster, dated 1765, the original of which is in Trinity College, Dublin.