# Event Details - **Event Name**: The Historic Landscape of Castletown House by Finola O'Kane - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 03:30 pm – Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 04:30 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: This illustrated lecture will explore the historic character of the demesne landscape of Castletown House and its creators.About this EventAn illustrated talk by Finola O’Kane, landscape historian, architect and Professor at the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin.This illustrated lecture will explore the historic character of the demesne landscape of Castletown House in Celbridge, Co. Kildare, touching on its outstanding universal value for all Irish people. It will discuss some of the key people involved in its creation, many of them women. It will outline its wonderful water landscape of cascades, ponds, rivulets and streams leading to the Liffey and its folly landscape of cottages, lodges and other garden buildings (surviving and lost). It will touch upon its extraordinary arboriculture heritage and the conservation of its wonderful avenues, clumps, specimen trees and forêt ornée.Finola O’Kane is a landscape historian, architect, and Professor at the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin. Her books include Landscape Design in Eighteenth-Century Ireland: Mixing Foreign Trees with the Natives (Cork, 2004), Ireland and thePicturesque: Design, Landscape Painting, and Tourism, 1700–1840 (PMC/Yale, 2013) and the recent Landscape Design and Revolution in Ireland and the United States 1688-1815, (PMC/Yale, June, 2023).Professor O’Kane has also published widely on eighteenth-century Dublin, Irish urban and suburban history, and plantation landscapes, with the co-edited volume Ireland, Slavery and the Caribbean: Interdisciplinary Perspectives published in 2023 by Manchester University Press.Elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2017, in 2024 she was appointed one of six Senior Fellows at Dumbarton Oaks by the Trustees of Harvard University for 2024-2027 and is currently also a Visiting Fellow at the School of History and Archives, TCD.The 2026 talks’ series at Castletown House is dedicated to the memory of the late Jeanne Meldon and is presented by the Office of Public Works (OPW) in association with The Castletown Foundation. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/2e85d900-267c-11f1-886e-e3e40c802de8-rimg-w545-h740-dc032d32-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/celbridge/the-historic-landscape-of-castletown-house-by-finola-okane/100001984955152294 - **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 6.34, max: 6.34, currency: EUR ## Event venue details - **city**: Celbridge - **state**: KE - **country**: Ireland - **location**: Hunting Room, Castletown House - **lat**: 53.349127 - **long**: -6.530289999999999 - **full address**: Hunting Room, Castletown House, Castletown House, Celbridge, Ireland ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: The Historic Landscape of Castletown House by Finola O'Kane - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/623afa594f1cec8ea6d7245f4cf3646541965912f706289db3ce7d529a95ffdf-rimg-w1200-h884-dc2b331d-gmir.jpg?v=1774245030 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is The Historic Landscape of Castletown House by Finola O'Kane being held? - **A:** The Historic Landscape of Castletown House by Finola O'Kane takes place on Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 03:30 pm to Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 04:30 pm at Hunting Room, Castletown House, Castletown House, Celbridge, Ireland. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for The Historic Landscape of Castletown House by Finola O'Kane? - **A:** Tickets for The Historic Landscape of Castletown House by Finola O'Kane are priced at EUR 6 per person. Here's a full breakdown of available ticket types:Ticket TypePriceAvailabilityGeneral AdmissionEUR 6 + EUR 1 feeLimited - **Q**: Who is organizing The Historic Landscape of Castletown House by Finola O'Kane? - **A:** The Historic Landscape of Castletown House by Finola O'Kane is organized by OPW Castletown. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "The Historic Landscape of Castletown House by Finola O'Kane", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/623afa594f1cec8ea6d7245f4cf3646541965912f706289db3ce7d529a95ffdf-rimg-w1200-h884-dc2b331d-gmir.jpg?v=1774245030", "startDate": "2026-04-11T15:30:00+01:00", "endDate": "2026-04-11T16:30:00+01:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/celbridge/the-historic-landscape-of-castletown-house-by-finola-okane/100001984955152294", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Hunting Room, Castletown House", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Castletown House", "addressLocality": "Celbridge", "addressRegion": "KE", "addressCountry": "IE" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "53.349127", "longitude": "-6.530289999999999" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "This illustrated lecture will explore the historic character of the demesne landscape of Castletown House and its creators.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "EUR", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-23", "availabilityEnds": "2026-04-11T16:30:00+01:00", "validFrom": "2026-03-23", "lowPrice": "6.34", "highPrice": "6.34", "price": "6.34", "url": "https://allevents.in/celbridge/the-historic-landscape-of-castletown-house-by-finola-okane/100001984955152294" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/SoldOut", "priceCurrency": "EUR", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-23", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-03-23", "url": "https://allevents.in/celbridge/the-historic-landscape-of-castletown-house-by-finola-okane/100001984955152294", "price": "6.34", "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "OPW Castletown", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/opw-castletown/22521393", "description": "Castletown House - an OPW National Historic Property.  Eircode: W23 V9H3'This I believe is the only house in Ireland to which the term Palace can be applied'- Richard Twiss 1775.Castletown House is just 20km from Dublin City Centre, take Exit 6 Celbridge West, off the N4 for access and free parking. There is also pedestrian access only, from Main Street Celbridge, a 10-15 minute walk along the historic tree- lined Avenue.Dublin Bus No. 67 departs from Merrion Square Dublin City and stops on Main Street Celbridge.Disabled parking is available at the Cafe West -Wing side of the House. Please note there is limited accessibility to the museum rooms, andno wheelchairaccess to the first and second floors of the Main House (which includes The Long Gallery), or the Hunting Room in the East Wing.Please telephone 353 1 6288252 or email castletown@opw.ie if require help to plan your visit." } ] } ] ```