Killruddery House & Gardens
Seat of the Brabazon family since 1618, Killruddery has Ireland's oldest surviving formal gardens — laid out in 1682 in the French Le Nôtre style. The estate also hosts a year-round farm market, Game of Thrones filming tours, and a café.
Gardens
The Long Ponds, the Angles, the Sylvan Theatre (an open-air performance space cut from beech hedges), and the Beech Hedge pond complex — all largely unchanged since the 1680s. The gardens are a protected National Inventory site and among the most photographed in Ireland.
House & farm
Guided house tours (when open) cover the 19th-century Elizabethan Revival mansion, stuccoed ceilings, family portraits. The Killruddery Farm Shop & Café in the converted stable yard sells Killruddery-raised meats, eggs, and garden produce. The estate supplies much of Dublin's fine-dining scene.
Admission
Gardens adult entry around €7.50. House tours €15 (add-on, limited dates). Farm Market Saturdays year-round. The Brabazon Trail — a signposted woodland walk — is free outside pay zones.
Official website: killruddery.com