Kilkea Castle, built in 1180, is a protected structure under Irish law. Any changes to the hotel are controlled and managed through the country’s development control process.

Kilkea Castle was built in 180 as a gift for the Norman knight Walter de Riddlesford. The estate once served as the medieval stronghold of the FitzGerald clan, the earldom over Kildare county.In ...

A real, medieval castle, in County Kildare, Ireland, just over an hour's drive from Dublin's city center. 35 million dollars worth of renovations later, the castle, which dates back to 1180 ...

ONE of the oldest inhabited castles in Ireland, the spellbinding Kilkea Castle in Co Kildare is as full of stories as tall as its fairytale towers Located outside Castledermot, it was once home to ...

AS locations go, Kilkea Castle in Co Kildare takes some beating. Less than an hour from Dublin, this magnificent castle dates from 1180, and is the oldest continuously inhabited castle in the country.

Kilkea is trying hard to answer the question about how to make a 10th-century castle sustainable. Visitors will notice a greener property in many small ways. But then, that's not the reason Kilkea ...