Barberstown Castle Overview Update this profile. Status Private. Financing Rounds 1. Barberstown Castle General Information Description Owner and operator of a country house hotel and historic castle based in Straffan, Ireland. Ownership Status. Privately Held backing. Financing Status. At the time, many great homes would have had similar constructions built to hide priests when searches were made of the buildings. It first opened to the public in , when the owner at that time — Norah Devlin, opened the castle as a 10 bedroom guest house.
It became a private residence once more in until Ken Healy purchased the castle in and reopened it at a 59 bedroom 4 Star hotel. Each of the bedrooms at Barberstown Castle is named after previous owners of the castle, including Norah Devlin, Hugh Barton, Eric Clapton and Robert Huddleston Barberstown Castle is one of the only tower houses in Ireland which has been continually occupied since its construction, and great care has been taken to preserve this historic building.
There were "set-backs" in the Barberstown Castle days, but she's not one to dwell on such things, briefly referring only to "electricity blackouts and the oil crisis. I left some very nice pieces there when I sold," she says, revealing her love of old furniture and objets d'art, "conversation seats, a Davenport, grandfather clocks.
Norah's daughter, Ann Devlin, married from Barberstown Castle and her husband, Shay Curran, became an important part of the business. People came from all over to the funeral. Norah Devlin says she was always looking out for places for sale.
In the early s a local auctioneer told her that Moyglare was for sale "and that it would suit a business if I did my usual antics". She bought Moyglare Manor in Ann got a house nearby where she lived with her husband, Shay, and children.
Shay became more involved in the business when we came here. He built it up and we carried on with the same style of thing I'd always had and which people liked.
He died in He was 61, far too young. Everyone was shocked. Moyglare Manor has given bed and board to an impressively eclectic celebrity list over the years.
Norah's itchy feet settled in Moyglare. I've enjoyed every house, but I've always been behind the scenes. Shay was quite a character, he ran this place really well. Ann Devlin says her mother is unduly modest, that she was "penniless when she started out.
There wasn't a bank that wanted to know her; she walked the streets of Dublin alone trying to get a loan. In the end she had to sell her wedding presents to buy Ballymadun. When I ask Norah Devlin how she turned old houses into uniquely welcoming hotels she's non-plussed. Kildare Ireland tel 00 1 barberstowncastle. FX Excursions offers the chance for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in destinations around the world.
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