Archive for March 2018

Spring is in the air. And after battling the ‘Beast from the East’, Ireland’s worst snowstorm for 36 years, we’re definitely ready to embrace it. Snowdrops and daffodils are rearing their heads. The sun is finally shining across the lush green of our expansive acres. Birds are chirruping, lambs are frolicking (somewhere). And to celebrate…

“Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.” – Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, 1881 A chance to unwind and chat with loved ones for a few hours. Drinking exotic infusions at a leisurely pace. Feasting on delicate pastries, scrumptious cakes…

We can’t wait for you to see it. After weeks of hectic refurbishment work here at Luttrellstown Castle, our magnificent ivy-clad doors have swung open for your arrival once more. Thanks to interior designer Arlene McIntyre and her team at Ventura, the castle has been given a full makeover from top to toe this Winter. McIntyre,…

There’s so much beauty in the familiar – and this week has reminded us why Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ireland. It was falling on every part of the dark central plain, on the treeless hills, falling softly upon the Bog of Allen and, farther westward, softly falling into the…