Rathfarnham Castle

Rathfarnham Castle is a 16th-century fortified house in , , Ireland. Originally a semi-fortified and battlemented structure, it underwent extensive alterations in the 18th century.
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  • Opening hours:
    October–April: Wednesday–Sunday and public holidays 10:30 AM–5:00 PM
    May–September: 9:30 AM–5:30 PM
  • Email: rathfarnhamcastle@opw.ie
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle in Rathfarnham, South Dublin, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Caisleán Rath Fearnáin”, “Castelo Rathfarnham”, and “Castillo Rathfarnham”
  • Address: Rathfarnham Road, D14 K3T6

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Bushy Park and Herzog Park.

Park
Photo: JP, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large, 20.5-hectare, suburban in , , Ireland. is situated 620 metres northwest of Rathfarnham Castle.

Park
is a small public park in , , Ireland. Named for Chaim Herzog, sixth President of Israel, who grew up in Dublin, it occupies the site of a former stone quarry and was laid out as a neighbourhood park in the 1980s. is situated 1½ km north of Rathfarnham Castle.

Shopping center
is one of two shopping centres located in , a southern suburb of . The centre opened in 1984 and was built on part of the old Lamb's Jam orchards. is situated 1½ km southeast of Rathfarnham Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rathfarnham and Terenure.

Village
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is a southside suburb of , . It is south of , east of , west of Churchtown, and is in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and Dublin 16.

Suburb
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, called Roundtown from around 1800-1870, is a middle class suburb of in Ireland. It is located in the city's D6 and D6W postal districts. The population of all electoral divisions labelled as was 17,972 as of the 2022 census.

Suburb
Photo: O’Dea, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburban area within , , Ireland. It lies at the foot of the Dublin mountains, alongside , Butterfield, , Old Orchard, and Scholarstown.

Rathfarnham Castle

Latitude
53.29805° or 53° 17′ 53″ north
Longitude
-6.28364° or 6° 17′ 1″ west
Operator
Office of Public Works
Open location code
9C5M7PX8+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23380072
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q26758
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Rathfarnham Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Rathfarnham gaztelua”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Rathfarnham”
  • Chinese: “拉斯法納姆城堡”
  • Dutch: “Rathfarnham Castle”
  • German: “Rathfarnham Castle”
  • German: “Schloss Rathfarnham”
  • Irish: “Caisleán Ráth Fearnáin”
  • Irish: “Caisléan Ráth Feárnain”
  • Japanese: “ラスファーナム城”
  • Polish: “Zamek w Rathfarnham”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Rathfarnham”
  • Russian: “Замок Ратфарнем”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Rathfarnham”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Рахфарнгам”

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