The Cross Cultural Heritage of Farmleigh’s Hina Matsuri Dolls
by Margaret Soden, Office of Public Works, Farmleigh. If you were asked to jot down five objects that signify the material culture of Japan, what would you come up with? My list includes, The Kimono, Samurai warriors, Sushi, that wave print (I now know as The Great...
The Benjamin Iveagh Library at Farmleigh
By Nuala Canny, Librarian, OPW. When the Guinness family sold Farmleigh to the Irish government in 1999, many of the contents, including the very fine library, were left on loan to Office of Public Works. Now known as the Benjamin Iveagh Library, this splendid...
Dr. Dave Flynn, Composer, Writer-in-Residence
OPW and Farmleigh are delighted to welcome – for the first time under its Writer-in-Residence programme – a contemporary composer from Ireland, Dave Flynn. We are looking forward to a truly imaginative residency which will give Dave a wonderful opportunity...
Eight Months in Farmleigh; Philip St John reflects on his time as writer in residence
A NEW SCRIPT In early August I spent an afternoon brooding my way through the gardens of Farmleigh and out across the sun-tormented plains of the Phoenix Park. I was arranging an event for the ballroom in October. LOVE SCENES promised to be a fascinating evening of...
From Castletown House to Farmleigh House, via a Portarlington Townhouse: The Story of Farmleigh’s Snooker Table
By Dr James Curry, Guide & Information Officer When I was a child my father taught me how to play pool, and although I was never able to become as good at the game as him – despite frequent boasts to the...
