Maynooth, County Kildare (14 miles west of Dublin City Centre and 30 minutes drive from Dublin International Airport).

Within the glorious setting of Carton House are two of Ireland's most acclaimed golf courses, home to The 2004 and 2005 AIB Irish Amateur Open Championship and The 2005 and 2006 Nissan Irish Open. A trip to Carton House is one of the best golf break experiences in Ireland.

The award winning Montgomerie Course designed by the seven time European Tour Order of Merit winner, Colin Montgomerie, presents the golfer with a relentless challenge of head deep pot bunkers, slick greens and narrow fairways weaving through fields of native fescue grasses. The Montgomerie course has recently been voted one of the Top 100 golf courses and golf holiday destinations in the UK and Ireland by Golf World magazine.

The O'Meara Course was designed by the 1998 Open and Masters Champion Mark O'Meara. It is a parkland course that tests its players by utilising the rolling land of the estate and the majestic waters of the River Rye. Very different in nature, both courses abound with a style and class consistent with the Carton estate.

Located just 14 miles west of Dublin's city centre and 30 minutes from Dublin's international airport is one of Ireland's finest hotel's. Carton House boasts a lavish new hotel, and modern health spa. Old and new converge to evoke its own individual charm and distinctive by its stylish décor, spectacular settings, with the latest in modern conveniences and amenities.

Designed and built to complement the elegance of the main house and its surrounding buildings, all 165 bedrooms offer a seamless blend of comfort and style, all stylishly furnished and delightfully decorated.

In the spirit of more self-indulgent times, Carton's guests will be treated to a symphony of gastronomic delights, the Linden Tree restaurant will offer dining for up to 180 guests in its lifestyle restaurant, situated to maximise the views over the golf course and gardens.