At least when I was at Leixlip Castle, this was set up as a dining room. This is the room called the Gothic room in Irish Houses & Castles. The book shows a dining room in the tower. This is one of the oldest parts of the castle. I love these windows!

Dining Room - Leixlip Castle Ground Plan

Dining Room – Leixlip Castle Ground Plan
The entire Ground Plan is on the Leixlip Castle Page.


Leixlip Castle Dining Room from the Front Hall, Looking into the Library

Leixlip Castle Dining Room from the Front Hall, Looking into the Library

The windows open to the front of the castle. The room beyond is the Library, the Print Room. I know! I wish they weren’t blurry! But, they are… nothing to be done about it.

Leixlip Castle Dining Room

Leixlip Castle Dining Room


Leixlip Castle Dining Room

Leixlip Castle Dining Room

This door open into the Front Hall.

Leixlip Castle Dining Room, 18th-century Irish Chippendale chairs purchased from the Malahide Castle sale in 1976.

Leixlip Castle Dining Room, 18th-century Irish Chippendale chairs from Malahide Castle

Above are some of the 18th-century Irish Chippendale chairs purchased from the Malahide Castle sale in 1976.

Leixlip Castle Dining Room

Leixlip Castle Dining Room


18th Century Gothic Window in the Leixlip Castle Dining Room

18th Century Gothic Window in the Leixlip Castle Dining Room

“In Leixlip, Co. Kildare, is another example of an old castle being given a Gothic dress in the mid-18th century, probably while occupied by the rich Connollys who journeyed frequently between England and Ireland. Pointed windows were pierced through the thick walls and glazed in the Gothic revival manner, with very attractive results.”
The Houses of Ireland (A Studio Book)
Brian de Breffny, Rosemary ffolliot, George Mott

18th Century Gothic Window in the Leixlip Castle Dining Room

18th Century Gothic Window in the Leixlip Castle Dining Room


Leixlip Castle Dining Room

Leixlip Castle Dining Room


Double Wall Bracket Sconce with Wheat Sheaves in Leixlip Castle Dining Room

Double Wall Bracket Sconce with Wheat Sheaves in Leixlip Castle Dining Room

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