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Dunsany Castle and Demesne today

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Dunsany Castle and Demesne

Dunsany Castle is an Anglo-Norman stone castle and country house in County Meath, Ireland, continuously occupied by the Plunkett family since medieval times. It stands within its original demesne, which contains a historic church, walled garden, farm buildings and estate features.

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Its prime

1914

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1914

The shape it held in its prime.

The castle presents a long three-storey pale-grey stone range punctuated by square end towers that rise a storey above the main block, all capped by crenellated parapets. The façade is regularly fenestrated with tall pointed-arch (lancet) windows and later rectangular sashes from the 18th–19th-century remodelling. Low-pitched roofs sit behind the battlements. The building stands within a broad front lawn and ha-ha, opening onto the surrounding demesne farmland and woodlands.

Step inside

13 places to explore in 1914.

The record describes 13 distinct spots at Dunsany Castle and Demesne — including 7 interiors: central hallway and principal stair, grand dining room, ancient kitchen (historic core) and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

Avenue approach and first revealFront façade close viewMain gateway and tower lodgeCentral hallway and principal stairGrand dining roomAncient kitchen (historic core)Arts & Crafts billiard room (1914 extension)Library with beehive ceilingDrawing-room with Stapleton plasterworkChurch of St Nicholas ('The Abbey') interior and exteriorWalled garden and gardener's cottageStone-built stable yard and ice-houseTower battlements and view over the demesne

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See Dunsany Castle and Demesne with the fires lit.

The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1914 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.

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