Heritage Week 2024

Edward Cecil Guinness purchased Farmleigh in 1873. He was the great grandson of Arthur Guinness the founder of the brewery. This tour moves through the generations to his three great grandsons, Benjamin (Arthur Francis Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh), Garech (The Hon. Garech Domnagh Browne) and Desmond (The Hon. Desmond Walter Guinness). These three men contributed to the preservation, protection and repatriation of some of our most precious Irish heritage. Benjamin’s library, now known as the Benjamin Iveagh Library, Garech founder of Claddagh Records and Desmond co-founder of The Irish Georgian Society.

Important Information: This tour lasts approximately 50 minutes, involves some walking and there is limited seating in the house.

Suitable for age 16 plus

Meeting point: Motor House Reception (The Courtyard) 10 minutes before start of tour.