Malahide Castle, Medieval castle in Fingal, Ireland

Malahide Castle is a fortress in Fingal featuring several towers, sprawling halls, and rooms filled with period furniture, family portraits, and decorative items spanning different centuries. The spaces show how residents lived and what they valued across generations.

Richard Talbot, a knight who came to Ireland with Henry II in 1174, was granted the lands and harbour of Malahide in 1185, and the oldest parts of the castle date from the 12th century. The Talbots held it for 791 years until 1976, except 1649–1660, when Cromwell gave it to Miles Corbet before it returned to the family. Towers were added in 1765.

The Great Hall holds memories of fourteen Talbot family members who shared a final meal there before the Battle of Boyne in 1690. This room makes the family's personal history feel real as you walk through it.

The castle is accessible by bus routes serving the area or by train to Malahide station, from where it is a short walk. The grounds are easy to navigate and facilities are clearly marked throughout.

The 7th Baron Talbot, who died in 1973, had wanted to give the castle to the state; instead his sister Rose ceded it in 1975 to pay inheritance tax, and furniture sold from the house caused public controversy before some pieces were bought back.