Once home to the famous Irishman, Daniel O Connell, Derrynane House now displays many relics of O Connell’s life and of his career as a lawyer, politician and statesman. There are also 120 hectares of parkland to roam as well as fabulous scenic sites to be seen.
Opened as a museum in 1967, Derrynane House has been a popular site amongst tourists ever since. Furnished with family portraits, writings and a great many items relating to Daniel O’Connell’s political life, it will appeal especially to the history lover.
A video presentation outlines the life and times of the great man who obtained Catholic Emancipation for Ireland. To Irish people he is known as ‘the Liberator’.