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Russborough House and Parklands

, Blessington, Ireland
Landmark & Historical Place

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House Tours, Exhibition, Tea Rooms, Playground & Maze, Fairy Trail, Walled Garden, Parkland Walks, Sheepdog Trials, Resident Artisan Studios, and the National Bird of Prey Centre.  Designed and built in the 1740s by renowned architect Richard Castle for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown, Russborough is a Palladian Mansion of great beauty and importance. In 1978 the house and grounds were left in trust to the Alfred Beit Foundation, by Sir Alfred and Lady Clementine Beit, who bought Russborough in 1952.

Our mission is to promote the advancement of education in the fine arts in Ireland and also to enrich the cultural life of the nation by promoting art, craft, and music

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