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Morning
Head out of Dublin on the N4 west road to Celbridge and Castletown House . Take the first tour and you will get an excellent history of the house and family as well as being talked through the architectural highlights. Negotiate your way back to the Naas Road (N7) via Clane, across the Curragh towards Kildare and the National Stud – there’s an excellent café here for a coffee. After a leisurely wander around the gardens, enjoy the fascinating and informative tour through the business of blood-stock.
After leaving here head for Russborough House by returning to Naas and taking the N81 Blessington road. The café-cum-restaurant at Russborough serves simple but delicious home-made fare for lunch. Then tour the house and savour the views of the Wicklow Mountains .
Afternoon
Retrace your steps to Naas and the N7 to Dublin and follow signs for Kilmainham Gaol and Hospital . After a sombre visit to this former prison, cut across to Kilmainham Hospital for the Irish Museum of Modern Art. If further refreshment is required, there’s a good café in the basement. Standing in the formal gardens here you get a great view across to Phoenix Park which you could visit on your way back into the centre, energy levels permitting.
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