Carton House’s new look is a real hole in one

One of Ireland’s most historic resorts, with an original manor set on 1,100 acres, Carton House was once the ancestral home of the Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster.

Nestled in the heart of a walled estate in Maynooth, Co Kildare, it has hosted celebrities ranging from Princess Grace of Monaco to Mick Jagger and, in its earlier days, Queen Victoria, for whom the lakeside boathouse off the 18th hole on what ...