RUSSBOROUGH HOUSE is celebrating this week after restoration works carried out won the highly coveted Irish Georgian Society's Conservation Award for 2011. The works were under the direction of ...

It was just past six on the cold morning of Sept. 29 when the dark green Mitsubishi Pajero off-roader pulled up at the back of Russborough House, a Palladian mansion outside the town of Blessington in ...

Heritage Minister Heather Humphreys said she was giving quarter of a million of public money to the stately home in Co Wicklow Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by signing up to ...

West Wicklow stately home Russborough House is to receive €500,000 in funding for upgrade works to be carried out. Half of the funding was approved by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural ...

The famous Russborough House art collection is to be put on public display again following a €400,000 Government grant to its… The famous Russborough House art collection is to be put on public ...

Russborough House in Blessington, Co Wicklow – one of Ireland's grandest stately homes – has just reopened to the public for the 2018 season. During the winter closure, the first phase of a major ...

Some might attribute Russborough House’s history to bad luck, and maybe that’s how it started. But the real problem was one of exposure. After a gang of IRA supporters led by the former British ...

Ireland’s Russborough House foundation is facing criticism for its decision to consign nine artworks, including six old master paintings, to auction at Christie’s London next month, the New York Times ...

The Alfred Beit Foundation is back in the black after recording a profit of €5.4m in 2015 on the back of two sales of its six ‘Old Masters’ paintings. "I don’t believe in being ...

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Aside from the juicy plotlines and gorgeous costuming, watching an early 20th century period drama can make one pine to explore picturesque country estates of the aristocratic families of yesteryear.