Glin Castle

Glin Castle, home for 800 years of the FitzGerald family, hereditary Knights of Glin, stands proudly in the middle of its 400 acre wooded demesne on the banks of the Shannon. The toy-fortress like quality is echoed by three sets of battlemented Gothic folly lodges.

It has been in the FitzGerald family, hereditary Knights of Glin, for over 700 years. The castle with its superb interiors, decorative plasterwork and collections of Irish furniture and paintings, stands on the bank of the River Shannon, surrounded by formal gardens, parkland and extensive dairy farm.

Inside Glin Castle

In this episode of 'Open Door', Dominic West takes us on a tour of Glin Castle, the Irish ancestral home of his wife Catherine FitzGerald's family. The castle maintains its various period aesthetics, but with all the accoutrement of modern life. From the 10,000 year old Irish elk skull and antlers to the resident spirits and ghosts, Dominic and Catherine show us everything.

Explore more about Glin Castle from the Glin Historical Society

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