Time: August 31, 2019 from 11am to 4pm
Location: Coffee shop, Casteltown House
City/Town: Cellbridge, Co.Kildare
Website or Map: http://castletown.ie/how-to-f…
Event Type: paint, out
Organized By: Norah Blount
Latest Activity: Aug 31, 2019
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This sat why not join me in my local area for some painting, sketching, taking photos and a catch up or whatever the mood decides. Lots to paint at Castletown from buildings, water, woodland, meadows and wildlife. You can also walk down the avenue to Cellbridge if you want to try a busy street scene. Meet at 11am as usual in the coffee shop.
Castletown is the largest and most significant Palladian style country house in Ireland. The house is set amongst beautiful 18th century parklands of Celbridge, Co.Kildare. The house was built c.1722 for the speaker of the Irish House of Commons, William Conolly (1662- 1729) the designs of a number of important architects were used, notably Alessandro Gailiei, Sir Edward Lovett Pearce and later Sir William Chambers. The entire estate was sold by the Conolly-Carew family in 1965 to a property developer and in 1967 the house and some parkland were purchased by the Hon. Desmond Guinness. Both Mr Guinness and subsequently the Castletown Foundation, who acquired the house in 1979, devoted considerable effort and resources to maintaining the house and restoring the principal rooms to a high standard. Castletown was transferred to state care on 1 January 1994.
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Thats great Noel
I will be there on Saturday anyway.
I am afraid I cant make it out this sat, if anyone else can host it or if you want to post an event closer to your home I can cancel this one ?Norah
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