Leinster Lodge
Co. Kildare

220 year old farmhouse adjacent to owner's residence, on the edge of the Curragh.

Accommodation:- 4 bedrooms; 1 double and 3 twin, 2 bathrooms, sitting room and open fire,  dining room and kitchen

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.  Fishing, golfing and horseriding facilities locally.

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

The house was originally owned by the Duke of Leinster, and was a Hunting Lodge. In "Emily, Duchess of Leinster 1731-1841",  Brian Fitzgerald wrote: "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