moyglare manor

Only fourteen miles from Dublin, standing amid fields decoratively dotted with cows and sheep, this elegant Georgian manor suggests the richness of its interiors by the extravagant number of flower-filled hanging baskets, window-boxes, and urns which adorn its facade. The beautifully porportioned hall is filled with furniture. There are two conservatories and a vast and elegant dining room where a huge mahogany sideboard groans under massive silver dishes and cut-glass decanters.

The bedrooms are equally splendid. Several have antique four-posters. County Kildare is well-known for its racehorses. There is a stud farm next door to Moyglare Manor, and about an hour's drive away is the Curragh, with its famous race track, and the National Stud, which can be visited, as can its famous Japanese Garden. On this side of Dublin you are well-placed either to drive quickly into the city, or easily to reach a main road to take you anywhere in Ireland.