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The History of Russborough
The House

We are discovering many items at Russborough, which have been 'uncovered' after many years. The catalogue below links you to pages which contain some of the details. To start off we have a copy of the Room by Room Guide written by Sir Alfred Beit, and shows what the house once looked like inside each room. We have recently discovered Lord Milltown's Tomb in the grounds. In addition, we are working on producing a new exhibition to display Sir Alfred Beit's collection of sheet music, vinyl records, 3D photographs from the 1920s and old film clips.


Russborough Room by Room Guide
By Sir Alfred Beit
This is a room by room guide, set out in the order in which the rooms will be visited. (1970's - Not the current guide and includes many items not on view today)

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Original Beit Collection
An image design of the prime paintings in the original Beit Collection, and which most are available to view at the National gallery of Ireland. Also included is some details of the painters. Some of the returned paintings can be viewed here.

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Sir Alfred Lane Beit
Biography
A Brief Biography

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Lord Milltown's Tomb
David Sharrock, Ireland Correspondent
You heard it here first! The newley discovered epitaph and location of Lord Milltown's Tomb

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The Secret Dairies
Diaries of Sir Alfred Beit will stay secret 'to protect the Queen'

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Restoration of 'Scagliola' Table by National Gallery or Ireland at Russborough
January 2010
Russborough has a magnificent example of a 'scagliola' table made by Don Pietro Belloni which is dated 1750 and can be seen in the Front Hall at Russborough. The large table-top needed conservation. To this end, the National Gallery of Ireland commissioned two conservators from the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence. This table-top will return to public view in Russborough when the house re-opens n ther spring.

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The Fire 2010
DiA fire broke out on the evening of 7th February, 2010 and extensively damaged the West Wing. No artifacts or paintings were damaged as the West Wiong was under restoration.

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Conservation of Ireland's Heritage - Russborough - IGS Magazine
Newsletter Issue 2 November 2009
News from Russdborough: WMK Watch List recognises theat to Co Wicklow Demesne

Russborough House by William Leftfan.

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