Board meetings, workshops, private evening tours, banquets, receptions and marquee weddings can all be held at Malahide Castle and Gardens, with meeting rooms for 50 and 80 people, an exclusive castle banquet for 60, receptions for 150 and marquees for more than 200 guests. The castle, home of the Talbot family for more than 800 years, stands in 260 acres of parkland and gardens in Malahide, County Dublin.
Seminars and company events
Two meeting rooms sit in the Visitor Centre. The Project Room, on the ground floor beside the Walled Garden, takes up to 80 people theater style and suits an off-site meeting with garden views. The Loft Room, on the first floor above the courtyard, has white walls and exposed beams and takes up to 50. Both have a projector, screen, flipcharts and Wi-Fi, and the Loft Room is served by a lift.
For incentive groups, the castle adds guided tours, garden walks, archery, falconry and whiskey tastings. A private evening tour of the castle can end with a drinks reception, a whiskey tasting and Irish entertainment. Conferences, product launches, gala dinners and summer parties can also take place in a marquee on the West Lawn.
Weddings and receptions
The gardens provide space for ceremonies and cocktail receptions, and the West Lawn beside the castle is the site for marquee weddings. Clear-span marquees keep an open view of the castle, and traditional pole tents and sailcloth structures are also available. Power and facilities are already in place on the lawn, which simplifies the build.
Rooms and capacities
Nugent's Hall is the setting for evening banquets, with the castle hired exclusively for up to 60 corporate or private guests. The Visitor Centre and the walled garden courtyard host evening receptions for up to 150. Marquees on the West Lawn take more than 200 guests. The historic rooms of the castle can be hired exclusively for an evening, and the Project Room and Loft Room cover daytime meetings for 80 and 50.
Catering
Dining for castle hire is catered as part of the event. For marquee events, the team works with partner caterers offering multi-course menus, canapés and evening receptions, with a full bar service, and with marquee, lighting and sound suppliers it knows well.
History and setting
The Talbot family lived at Malahide for more than 800 years, and the castle can now be visited on guided tours. The demesne combines landscaped gardens, flowerbeds and ponds with a Butterfly House, a Fairy Trail and botanic gardens, and the grounds are also used as a film and television location. All of it gives an evening event a setting that guests can explore before dinner.
Getting there
The castle is in Malahide Demesne, Eircode K36 YP65, on the north side of Dublin. Malahide railway station, served by the DART, is in the village, and Dublin Airport is a short drive away.
