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Castlemartin is the name of an historic house and estate, and the townland in which they sit, on the banks of the River Liffey in Kilcullen, County Kildare, Ireland. Formerly a key estate of the Eustace family, it is today one of the principal homes of media magnate Tony O’Reilly, and his wife, Chryss Goulandris, and includes major stud farm and cattle breeding operations, a restored medieval church and an icehouse.

Contents

1 Location and access

2 Elements

2.1 Castlemartin House

2.1.1 Castlemartin Castle

2.2 Icehouse

2.3 St. Mary’s Church

2.4 Gate Lodge and Grand Gate

2.5 Lands

2.5.1 Castlemartin Stud

2.5.2 Castlemartin Herd

3 History

3.1 The Modern House

3.2 The O’Reilly family

4 Sources

5 References

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Location and access

The estate lies immediately adjacent to the town, to the west, and largely west of the River Liffey, though a small part of the land has for centuries lain east of the river, above Kilcullen Heritage Centre and town hall / theatre / cinema. Accesses to the main body of the estate, secured with gates and cameras, are from the Newbridge Road, on the approach to Kilcullen from the Curragh. The estate is bounded on one side by the Pinkeen Stream, a tributary of the Liffey, and the “Laurel Walk Woods.”

There is no general access to the estate lands. This includes, despite promises at the time of restoration, to St. Mary’s Church (Castlemartin Chapel). Neither Castlermartin House nor the church can now be seen from outside, though the house is said to have a river view. The access issue was a factor in local opposition to an offer by O’Reilly to take the Portlester Monument into the estate[citation needed].

Elements

The estate includes the main house, St. Mary’s Church, extensive lands of good quality, and a number of other houses. The redevelopment and design of the estate by the O’Reillys included use of a standard teal colour for key features.

Castlemartin House

Castlemartin House, in its current form a restored 18th century mansion, said to have around 28 rooms, is successor to a series of older dwellings, perhaps dating back to the 13th century.

Key occupants have included members of the Eustace family, and later the Boyle and Carter families.

The house is located close to the Liffey and is reached from the main gates by way of a lime avenue, with two trees joining to form an arch at one point.

Castlemartin Castle

Preceding the house was a fortified dwelling. Little trace of this now remains, but a vault from it is believed to still exist in the basement of, and otherwise under, the current Castlemartin House.

Icehouse

Near the house and restored in the same period (1980 / 1981) as the church is a sunken icehouse with an elorate stone extrance, with stairs curving down from both sides. The interior is a plain inverted beehive, with a drain at the bottom.

St. Mary’s Church

The church (sometimes, incorrectly, called “Castlemartin Chapel”), founded c. 1200, was a dependency of Kilcullen Church (at what is now Old Kilcullen), founded c. 1200. The building was last substantially reconstructed in the 15th century (around 1490). Having fallen into ruin, St. Mary’s was restored by Tony O’Reilly between 1979 and 1980, under the supervision of former Inspector of National Monuments Percy LeClerc. This, the first restoration of a medieval church in Ireland, was authorised on the basis of close adherence to original forms and ongoing reasonable public access. As the religious status of the church was no longer clear, it was reconsecrated in 1981. At least two of Tony O’Reilly’s children have married in the church, and his mother’s funeral was held here. See main article for more.

Gate Lodge and Grand Gate

The one-storey gate lodge dates from the 1820s, and was renovated around 1980. It features a pyramidal profile roof with slate, clay ridge tiles and a rendered chimney stack, as well as square-headed window openings and timber casement windows.

The adjacent Grand Gate, a pair of decorative wrought iron open-work piers with cresting and iron double main gates with decorative panels and pedestrian gates, dates from c. 1750. In the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage it is described as follows:

This gateway, possibly originally fashioned for installment at alternative location, is an attractive, highly ornate composition that provides a fitting entrance to the Castlemartin (House) estate. The gateway forms part of a self-contained group with the gate lodge to north-west. The piers, gates and railings are fine examples of early surviving wrought iron work and include intricate detailing, which is of artistic interest. The gateway is a prominent and attractive feature on the side of the road leading out of Kilcullen to the west.

Lands

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