Glenveagh Castle is launching new modern touchscreen kiosks to bring records of the estate’s Irish history to life.
Guest books and game books from years gone by have been digitised to share details of the famous guests who stayed at the castle.
The touchscreens will be launched during Heritage Week, which runs from 12-20 August.
Glenveagh was a mecca for the rich and famous from the late 1800s to the 1980s. A wide variety of fascinating guests, including actors, writers, poets and statesmen came here for the fishing, hunting and deer stalking.
The new touchscreens will allow visitors to browse books from each of the owners’ periods in Glenveagh so visitors can discover exactly who stayed here and what they did to entertain themselves.
Visitors will be able to browse through the many pages of signatures, photos, drawings and poems depicted in the books by the guests who visited and immerse themselves in another time and age.
A group of visitors to Glenveagh Castle in the late 1800’s.”
Just as the National Park provides a setting for the castle, it’s hoped that the museum – through displays and future exhibitions – can enhance the interpretation of the park, its hunting traditions and its past.
Funding for the kiosks was successfully secured from the Heritage Council’s Heritage Stewardship Fund 2023 – the aim of which was to make 4 historic visitor books and 3 historic games books available for viewing to the public.
The Castle is open daily from 09:00 to 16:30 for self-guided visits.
A sketch by A.E (George Russell) during his visit to Glenveagh as a guest of Arthur Kingsley and Lucy Porter; circa 1932.
