Carton House is an 18th Century stately home boldly renovated to blend minimalism with grand Palladian architecture. The considerately styled, ultra modern touches in this Georgian mansion have enough panache to impress even the most uptight of earls.
Lost in over a thousand acres of rolling parkland, the County Kildare mansion owns a 16 hole golf course, trout fishing lake, and off road cycling trails. If you're fostering a barely suppressed adrenaline junkie, the next door adventure company can fit you out for a mud splashed day of 4x4 driving. Host a debriefing in the cocktail bar where gentle banter draws an audience or, for the more tactically minded, scuttle to a quiet corner to discuss tomorrow's strategy.
Settling into your Carton House suite it's easy to imagine Queen Victoria demanding her servants fill the claw foot bathtub. Match her summoning ways as you peer from your four poster bed and consider calling the 24 hour concierge for another of your regal needs.