Our guided tours invite you to walk the halls where revolutionary spirits and literary giants once gathered.  Lissadell has been restored to what it would have been like in the 1890s, when Constance, Eva, Josslyn and their friend W. B. Yeats were young and happy and full of hope and excitement for the future.

• The Gallery:   Walk in the footsteps of the poet Yeats, who described the music gallery as “a great sitting room, high as a church“, with its original Chamber Organ, Grand Piano and Gasoliers.
• Bow Room, Drawing Room, Ante Room & Dining Room: The Bow and Drawing Rooms are remembered by Yeats for the “great windows open to the south“; the Dining Room for ‘that table and the talk of youth’.  The Dining Room pilaster portraits were painted by Casimir Markievicz. The Ante Room, facing East and with views of Ben Bulben, was used by Countess Markievicz for writing, sketching and painting.
• The Hall is remarkable for its beautiful cantilevered staircase, made of polished limestone, with a fireplace on the first landing.
• The Billiard Room is devoted to Sir Henry Gore-Booth, famous yachtsman and father of Constance, Eva and Josslyn.
• “Downstairs” Life: Visit the old Kitchen, Servants’ Hall, staff bedrooms, wine cellar and China Room.