East Coast & Midlands
Leinster
County Kildare

Carton House

Carton House is a country house and surrounding demesne that was the ancestral seat of the Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster for over 700 years. Located 23 km west of Dublin, in , , the Carton Demesne is a 1,100 acres estate, from an original estate of 70,000 acres.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maynooth Castle and Maynooth railway station.

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is a ruined castle in , , which stands at the entrance to the South Campus of Maynooth University. Constructed in the early 13th century, it became the primary residence of the Kildare Fitzmaurice and Fitzgerald family. is situated 2 km southwest of Carton House.

Railway station
Photo: Mihal Orela, CC BY 3.0.
serves the town of in north , Ireland. It is a key exchange station on the Dublin to Maynooth commuter services, Dublin to / long-distance commuter service and Dublin to InterCity service. is situated 2 km southwest of Carton House.

Library
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is situated 2 km southwest of Carton House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maynooth and Leixlip.

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is a town in , 30 km west of Dublin. Maigh Nuad means the plain of Nuadha, the mythical king who lost his arm in battle, was fitted with a silver one, then grew back his own.

Town
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is a town in north-east , Ireland. Its location on the confluence of the and the Rye Water has marked it as a frontier town historically: on the border between the ancient kingdoms of and Brega, as an outpost of The Pale, and on Kildare's border with . is situated 6 km southeast of Carton House.

Town
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is a town and townland on the in , . It is 23 km west of . Both a local centre and a commuter town within the Greater Dublin Area, it is located at the intersection of the R403 and R405 regional roads. is situated 6 km south of Carton House.

Carton House

Latitude
53.39075° or 53° 23′ 27″ north
Longitude
-6.5665° or 6° 33′ 59″ west
Open location code
9C5M9CRM+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30643312
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­hotel
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­hotel
Wiki­data ID
Q5047391
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Welsh—“Carton House” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Carton House”
  • Dutch: “Carton House”
  • French: “Carton House”
  • German: “Carton House”
  • Irish: “Teach Carton”
  • Japanese: “カートン・ハウス”
  • Portuguese: “Carton House”
  • Russian: “Картон-хаус”
  • Scots: “Carton House”
  • Swedish: “Carton House”
  • Ukrainian: “Картон-хаус”
  • Welsh: “Carton House”

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