Rina Biswas & Matt Cassidy

Co. Dublin & Co. Kildare

We recommend booking flights and accommodations as soon as possible as it is a Bank Holiday Weekend (in the UK & Ireland) and rooms are expected to fill up.

We were able to secure a limited number of room blocks in Co. Kildare at K Club, Cliff at Lyons and Springfield Hotel (see below). Please book prior to April 15th when room blocks expire.

One of my lovely bridesmaids (thanks Nichola!) identified some additional options for your consideration which are listed on this website below.

Consider also looking at Booking.com or Hotels.com for other budget (as low as $50/night), B&B (BandBIreland.com) or luxury accommodations that meet your needs. You can typically make a provisional booking & cancel without having to pay a fee. There are plenty of options available in both the Co. Kildare and Dublin areas.

"Sitting on a towpath of the Grand Canal, the 600-acre Lyons estate started off life as the home of the Aylmers, an old Kildare dynasty, and later the Lawless family, who were local lords. When the canal was built in the mid 1700s, the village sprang to life and a bustling community grew up along the bank, with a forge, hotel, police barracks and flourmill.

After a fire in 1903 and the closure of the canal to traffic in 1960, the village fell into disrepair, but in the 1990s it was bought back to life by the late Ryanair tycoon Tony Ryan, who transformed the demesne and turned the Lawless mansion on the estate into his family home.

With exquisite flair and taste, he built a new Georgian village from scratch on the fringes of the estate, with restaurant, accommodation and shops. Its thick, old stone walls and traditional craftsmanship belie the fact it is a Celtic Tiger creation. It is nothing less than an architectural treasure."

- The Independent, Gemma O'Doherty