Seminars and company events
Company meetings, think-ins, conferences, product launches and smaller room hire can be organized across three settings at Strokestown Park, an estate in Strokestown, County Roscommon: a Georgian Palladian house, newly renovated vaulted stables and the meeting spaces of the National Famine Museum and Visitor Centre. The estate does not publish room capacities, so group sizes are agreed with the events team once you send your brief.
The meeting rooms at the visitor center were designed for current conference use, with tea, coffee and refreshments served on site. The house and the stables suit a launch, a dinner or a program that mixes work sessions with time outdoors. The team has long experience of academic and public events, since it hosts the international Famine Summer School on the estate. A day can be built around a guided tour of the house at 12 pm or 2 pm, a self-guided visit of the museum and a walk through the walled gardens and woodland trails.
Weddings and receptions
The house is offered for intimate weddings, vow renewals and elopements. Its rooms keep their original furniture and objects, and couples use the Victorian walled gardens for photographs while guests gather nearby. A dedicated wedding coordinator helps during planning and is present on the day. The team works with local celebrants and suppliers, and with other venues in the area when a reception needs more room than the house provides.
Rooms and capacities
The spaces named by the estate are Strokestown Park House, the Vaulted Stables, the meeting rooms of the National Famine Museum and Visitor Centre, and the outdoor areas of the walled gardens and woodland. Tours of the house also take in a grand dining room and a library. No seated or standing figures are published, so ask for the layout that fits your group before you fix a date.
Accommodation
There are no bedrooms for event guests on the estate. The team helps arrange rooms and other services with local providers in Roscommon and the surrounding towns, which is useful for a two-day meeting or a wedding weekend.
Catering
For meetings the estate provides tea, coffee and refreshments. For events it arranges catering and dinners, with the team advising on menus. The refurbished Woodland Café, set in the old granary of the house, serves local produce and is open daily from 10:30 am to 4 pm.
History and setting
The estate is cared for and managed by the Irish Heritage Trust, an independent not-for-profit. The Palladian mansion keeps rooms above and below stairs with their original collections, and the National Famine Museum tells the story of the Great Famine through local accounts, documents and objects. Strokestown is the starting point of the National Famine Way, a 165 km walking and cycling trail that follows the 1847 route of 1,490 people who walked from the estate to Dublin. The grounds include pleasure gardens, heritage roses, a fernery and woodland paths.
Getting there
The estate is on Bawn Street in Strokestown, on the N5 road, 144 km from Dublin and 23 km from Longford. Dublin Airport is under two hours away by car. Parking is ample and coaches are welcome, which makes group transfers simple to organize.
