Farmleigh House is closed for maintenance work until late April 2025.
Guided tours of Farmleigh Estate will take place daily at 11.30am and 2.30pm until the house reopens for tours. Collect tickets in the courtyard reception.
Welcome to Farmleigh
An estate of seventy-eight acres situated to the north-west of Dublin’s Phoenix Park, Farmleigh provides accommodation for visiting dignitaries and guests of the nation. A historic house holding important collections, an art gallery, farm animals, and the official Irish State guest house, Farmleigh House and Estate is open seven days a week.
Home to the Guinness family for generations, Farmleigh remains a unique representation of its heyday, the Edwardian period, and houses important artworks and furnishings, as well as the Benjamin Iveagh collection of rare books, bindings, and manuscripts which is held in the Library. The extensive pleasure grounds feature walled and sunken gardens and scenic lakeside walks, tastefully influenced by the Guinness family.
Farmleigh is managed by the Office of Public Works. The Estate hosts a donkey sanctuary, horses and is home to a herd of Kerry Black cows. Join one of our knowledgeable guides for a tour of Farmleigh House that takes you from the eighteenth century, when building commenced, right up to the present day.
- Farmleigh Estate is open daily 10am – 5pm and free to visit.
- Entry to Farmleigh House is by guided tour. (Open late April – December)
- Farmleigh House Tour Prices:
- Adult: €8
Senior (60+): €6
Child (12-17)/Student (ID required): €4
Child under 12: Free
Family (Two adults, max five children): €20 - The average length of the house tour is 50 minutes.
Farmleigh Tree Trails
The oldest tree at Farmleigh is the great sycamore at the edge of the donkey field, over 220 years in age. Farmleigh was owned by the Guinness family from 1873 – 1999. Edward Cecil Guinness, brewer and great grandson of Arthur Guinness began to develop a planting scheme at the estate with the introduction of the Thuja Avenue in the late 19th century. An assortment of trees from cedars to sequoias were introduced and the pleasure grounds at Farmleigh began to take shape. The Cherry Walk was later introduced by Gwendolen, Lady Iveagh in the mid-twentieth century and leads to the Sunken Garden. The Magnolia Walk was introduced by Miranda Guinness and both ladies had an influence on the planting and design of the walled garden at Farmleigh, now cared for by the Office of Public Works.
Click the images to find the online tree trails!
The Farmleigh Blog
Read the latest posts below, and click through to the full Blog for all news articles and updates.
Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880-1944)
By Niall McFadden, Guide & Information Officer, Office of Public Works. Amongst many attractions for visitors to Farmleigh’s beautiful “Nobel” room are a series of photographs of the family of Edward Cecil Guinness, founder of Farmleigh in its modern form. Whilst...
Farmleigh Tree Detectives
by Aisling Randles, Office of Public Works, Farmleigh. Discover our wonderful trees on the historic Farmleigh Estate. Trees are amazing, they help to keep our air clean and our ecosystem healthy. They remove pollutants from the air and produce oxygen that we...
Introducing the trees at Farmleigh: The Fountain Lawn
The focal point of Farmleigh's pleasure grounds is the lawn at the back of the house, which rises gently up to a large circular fountain. It is the view framed in the over fireplace window of the Nobel Room which beautifully connects the interior of Farmleigh house...