Exploring the Abandoned Mansion of Arthur Guinness

[@Paulco67]

For literally 50 years on and off I have travelled that road when back in Dublin and always wondered what was behind the walls. Thanks! Time it's rehabbed and lived in again for sure.

[@AgainsaidBen]

I used to live down near there and always wondered as well. Really hated the look of that tunnel bridge and wish it was updated.

[@catherinecreativevideos]

I graduated from this place and church in 2005, it needs to be a college again, it's a shame not to use it as a college. It used to be called Glen College back in the day it had training courses for Horticulture and Catering. I did a Horticulture training course there and it was great fun.

[@AgainsaidBen]

@@catherinecreativevideos do you know when it closed?

[@Urbandoned]

No problem, glad you enjoyed watching

[@MrFranKane]

My uncle Seán was a head gardener on both Knock and Glen maroon. We used to visit him and the Nuns back in the 70's and early 80's there. Cool seeing it again

[@sputumtube]

Whilst watching this incredible video, I realised I'd been gently wagging my head from side to side in utter disbelief. What beautiful buildings shamefully left to rot away. I do hope you're right inasmuch as they'll soon find another use.

[@NewsOfTheRebellion]

My soul mustn't be worth much else Lucifer's lawyer would've drafted a contract by now & this house, well, it would be mine.

[@orionxtc1119]

so much homeless in Ireland.,...

[@o00scorpion00o]

@@orionxtc1119 Homelessness is only for native Irish mostly Men. So many migrants with free houses paid by the taxpayer. I was in Tallaght around 5 months ago and by the time I got from Jobstown to the N7 around 60% of the people who passed me in cars coming the opposite direction were Black Africans , this is wrong to do to an Island who was always 100% white. Go to Lidl at the Penny Hill Pub and 90% of the people in there are not native Irish. Despicable what our Government has allowed to become of this once great Island.

[@davetheman]

Ipas centre income

[@AnthonyMaher-ve4jj]

Yeah the story of Dublin. Rotten now.

[@ivanohalleran7316]

The government should step in and buy and restore this beautiful old house. It's history alone would be a great tourist attraction.

[@eoinoconnell185]

100%. Same with Michael Flatley's.

[@jameso9221]

@@eoinoconnell185 unsafe to live in after the fire. itll be flattened

[@macanbhairdeire6716]

They would just fill it with fakeugees

[@bid84]

It would be an ideal IPAS center,

[@pinupdoll97]

Agreed!

[@TB-us7el]

Wow, lads, this has to be the most majestic explore I've seen on this channel. The detail is so unbelieveably ornate and well preserved. I don't blame you for being so sweary. I can't imagine how awe inspiring it is to see in person.

[@Urbandoned]

Yes sometimes it’s hard to contain ourselves particularly when the building looks like this. Glad you enjoyed :)

[@longlegs7881]

Wow!! I hope it's continued to be taken care of! What a beautiful piece of history!

[@TheSummerMage]

love it when you come over here to Ireland, so many amazing abandoned buildings, its incredible to see inside them, please do more Irish urbexing !

[@Urbandoned]

We have plenty more videos to come from Ireland, just waiting for the right time to share them!

[@tns5044]

Very impressive, love that there’s no vandalism at all

[@livi116]

Yet… we’ll see after the video how many knackers will destroy the mansion

[@Damsel_In_Distress_528]

With the help of this video, that won't last long.

[@GD-rh2sn]

​@Damsel_In_Distress_528 that's exactly what I thought, it's a good video but I don't appreciate them showing how they got in.

[@callen.6371]

@@GD-rh2snexactly im from Dublin and he definitely should have kept the part where he jumped the wall and shows everyone the opened window he more than likely got in ! Sound lol all the paintings 🖼 and nice floors and art work u can kiss goodbye now lol

[@GlasgowCeltic88]

Glenmarron was owned by one Arthur Ernest Guinness (2nd November 1876 to 22nd March 1949), the great-grandson to the infamous Arthur Guinness, of St. James Gate fame.

[@jam5043]

Infamous?

[@nathanjones6501]

❤Totally unbelievable seeing this video so much in those fantastic buildings what a rare sight untouched and no damage the first building I was so impressed with the whole oak wood work and victorian tiles ect so amazing well done Guys on getting in for all of us to see 👏

[@johngarrigan1598]

loved this video guys { i am from Dublin and never new anything about this mansion , i hope it gets restored ,beautiful craftsmanship }

[@RobSandman]

I live just up the road and down the years have passed under the iconic bridge on every form of transport from shanks mare to bicycle to motorcycle to truck, there is another route in down Mill Lane, but the "Silver Bridge" as we called it has long collapsed into the river, it led to beautiful gardens and pools. Your soft footfalls and obvious reverence are appreciated.

[@Glenn-em3hv]

The staircases and the fireplaces plus everything else is unbelievably awesome!!!

[@Iamhome365]

I had a tour of the house years ago when my mothers cousins (nuns) were living there, the stairs are the only thing I remember, they are AMAZING!

[@joebrowne4426]

Excellent work. I've wanted to see inside those buildings all my life. Well done.

[@Urbandoned]

Our pleasure

[@JD-yx1zi]

Thanks for sharing this incredible video. I’ve driven under this bridge on many occasions and have often thought about what wonders lay behind the walls of these fine houses. Now, I know 🙏

[@brianbanfield5397]

Great video. Well done. If you continue on up the hill past Mount Sackville Convent, you come to Farmleigh House which is also connected with the Guinness family. It was purchased by Arthur Guinness’ great grandson, Cecil Guinness in 1873. He later became the first Earl of Iveagh. The location here is not terribly far from St James’ Gate where the main Guinness Brewery was and still is located. Continuing west along the Strawberry Beds you travel adjacent to Lutrellstown Estate with its famous caste. This was owned by the Guinness family from 1927 to 1983. So, as you can see, they were an extremely wealthy family.

[@Adri.Bra12]

I lived in nearby Ballyfermot and we often went there it was owened by the Daughters of Charity.I remember the smell it was of food and insense, we were brought there for a retreat from Caritas College also run by the Daughters of Charity. It was also a special needs school and boarding school.

[@DeirdreCL]

Amazing interior in my home city that is largely unknown. Must have been paradise to live there - just beautiful.

[@StrawberrySunday212]

That is amazing how it's never been vandalized. It might get trashed now that it's out there about the place.

[@Iamhome365]

Oh my goodness, I have been in there!! My mothers cousins were nuns and we went to visit, and remember telling us that it was formerly owned by Guinness, was shown around but all I remember are the stairs, the stairs had me captivated and I always said when I'd build my own home i was going to have stairs like that! I remember telling my cousin about them and lo and behold when he built his house and we went to look, he stole my idea, I was absolutely raging 😂 I ended up building a bungalow so no stairs needed, absolutely amazing to see them again 😁

[@alisonnicholson]

Such a grand property. Some stunnning features. Loving the fireplaces and decorative ceilings. Both properties to me are stunning but the 1st property has the edge for me. Merry Christmas guys, have a good one 🎄🧑‍🎄🎁🍾

[@chatboy25]

Merry Christmas, Alistair to you and the team. Look forward to more explorations in the coming year.

[@Urbandoned]

Thank you! Merry Christmas

[@catherinecreativevideos]

I graduated from this place back in 2005, it was called glen college back in the day. I even went to the school there too. That was the nuns house. Beautiful gardens too

[@Ubergamer256]

Having been to Hearst Castle…. it’s mind boggling that this similar estate is abandoned. The woodwork in that grand ballroom was phenomenal.

[@Open2OpenUT]

I’ve traveled that road many times over the years and never knew that bridge linked two great houses! The walls roadside are so high it is impossible to know what the buildings are.., I always believed them to be factories linked by the bridge 😆😳. It’s a shame to see the houses standing idle, I hope they are used again soon.

[@brettster3331]

My guys what a grand adventure, so nice to see this. Merry Christmas!

[@Urbandoned]

Glad you enjoyed, merry Christmas 👍🏼

[@benlambley7171]

Brilliant as ever guys love the way you put these explores together definitely the best in the business merry Christmas to you all to .

[@bobser6304]

Crazy to think I pass that location everyday and never realised what those buildings actually were, I thought the nuns owned it . Fascinating to think Arthur Guinness lived there , the family also lived in farm Leigh up the road another beautiful now state owned property. Arthur also lived in Beaumont house which is still there and abandoned, it’s beside the convent out there , it would be fascinating to see inside that one if you could gain access. He rared his family out in Beaumont house . The ice cave is still out the back .

[@adamm.1367]

Great explore. Merry Christmas!

[@carlashepherd9362]

What an absolutely gorgeous & grand mansion! I love these old mansion’s! The architecture is stunning! Magnificent video & explore! 👍👍❤️✊🤘

[@legioneire9569]

Hey guys. I'm from Dublin. Those were two of the original houses, equally just up the road is the main house and a secret garden which is still there and carefully maintained but easily accessible and there's hardly ever people around. If you think that place is gorgeous get in touch and I'll fill you in because there's actually three houses.

[@rudyjakma3664]

The Guinness family in the 19th century was one of the wealthiest in Europe. In today's money they would have been multi billionaires. They owned castles and stately homes in Ireland and the UK. In Ireland they've owned Ashford Castle in the west of Ireland, they also opened Muckross House near Killarney albeit briefly. They owned a beautiful estate in County Wicklow Lughalagh which has a lake where a beach was built. Due to the peaty bottom and iron content the water looks brown although perfectly safe for swimming. Pale yellow sand was deposited which gives the lake the appearance of a pint of Guinness. I live in a village about 20 km west of Dublin. A castle that dates partly from the late 12 th century is owned by the Guinness family. The late Hon Desmond Guinness lived there. He was a very nice, gentle and generous person. He died during the COVID. He was much loved by the community. His widow still lives in the castle, a lovely lady.

[@fatimaali8645]

A absolutely stunning architecture ❤ great video lads .. looking forward to the next one x

[@stephenoneill2844]

Thank you for a very interesting upload. I hope you enjoyed yourself in IRELAND, please return.

[@df1985]

Descendants of him now live in a place called Leixlip castle. The town has a huge connection to Guinness

[@nataliesmith303]

A great find with lovely features. Thanks for sharing guys 😊

[@michaelbarlow3686]

Thank You So Much For A Great Piece Of History. Have A Lovely Christmas

[@jimmymiller77]

What a fantastic find. Great job guys. Merry Christmas from the US,,, Jim

[@BigGuy10Points]

This would make an incredible museum. Something to memorialize Guinness’ history

[@frasermathers2287]

What a stunning property with such ornate and detailed rooms and stairways. Would be such a real shame if this is allowed to go to waste and I do hope that it is brought back into use again. I would also like to say thank you Alistair, Theo and Alex for all the great explores and content, and wish you a great festive season and a wonderful and fruitful 2025. Thanks.

[@Glenn-em3hv]

I'll live in it!!!

[@Thanks_for_posting.]

Thanks for posting

[@J.cd33]

Wow. I live right beside this and always wondered what it actually was. Thanks lads.

[@sheilad83]

I'm totally impressed on how you gained entry, bypassing the cameras. Good job mate! I'm a fairly new sub from Alabama. This was brill. Thanks for sharing! MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄

[@Urbandoned]

Thanks for subscribing, and appreciate it!

[@janicesperry7780]

Wow such an amazing explore. Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[@stomlinson32ify]

Some great explores this year, keep it up 👍. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you guys and your family’s.

[@annanardo2358]

And THIS is the mansion that beer bought !!!😍😍😍😍😍 can't see why it was abandoned. 🤔🤔🤔 It needs to be put on sale for someone to restore and keep it up properly. 😐😐 Why is it being left to rot ??? It's a shame. 🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@ceciliajimenezt]

I LOVE THIS HOUSE SEGURO QUE HAY ALGUIEN QUE LA CUIDA Y LA MANTIENE LIMPIA ,,,,, QUE LUGAR MARABILLOSO NO SOLO LA CASA SINO EL CAMPO GRACIAS POR COMPARTIR GRACIAS SALUDOS DESDE MEXICO ESPERO VERNOS PRONTO

[@whatliesbeneathurbanexplor1631]

Well done lads fantastic explore happy Christmas eve. I drove under the bridge in my work van. I wanted to pin the location at the time. You jogged my memory big time with the video

[@kencaruso4037]

Great video Thank you 👍

[@janetnorman7411]

With some areas in greater condition than others, I wonder if parts of the house have been used in films/tv. One door had a sign that said “props”.

[@diamondseeds2107]

Fantastic, Happy Xmas lads and thanks for the content!

[@debbiewilhelm6018]

Would have liked to see more but awesome non the less!❤

[@boblloyd75]

Great property, thanks for sharing. Have a good and safe Holiday.

[@williaminavanbottle9297]

Most of my childhood Was spent in mansions Just like this one. How I miss the atmosphere. The character.

[@paullaroque5960]

4:21 The ceiling's paint was chipping and flaking yet the table and floor were spotless clean and shiny.... alrighty. Me thinks this building is not so abandoned as they want you too believe.

[@eoinoconnell185]

Exactly. There is some ongoing upkeep.

[@MrDestructiveGaming]

It's used for filming TV and movies regularly the gate Lodge is also in use at the main gate to the estate

[@derrenleepoole]

Quality explore lads. Great find.

[@mcooper593]

Tragic that this beautiful house is being left to rot. Who now owns it? Why is it not being used? Such a shame 😞

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

9:33 This pool is a dream. Imagine just how rare it would have been too, judging its age from the late Art Deco style tile.

[@braggelbak]

AMAZING!

[@brianstewart3594]

brillent video well done

[@r.com.9795]

Lads while this is impressive explore your history is a little off ! Arthur Guinness died in 1803 a century before this place was decorated and built.. this is a later Guinness 'family' house... One of a number of them in Ireland! But for man himself.. no :)

[@rick11960]

I think the present Guinness heir lives in England.

[@peterjodonovan2025]

Correct, Arthur Guinness House is in Beaumont, finished in 1760 i think, when he got Married

[@Tombuchaill]

Beautiful!

[@Cat_Hurder]

Oh my Jesus, that is fantastic!! I really hope somebody can give it some love moving forward. Thx Guys 💝💝 Oh and Merry Christmas to you! 🎄

[@Urbandoned]

Merry Christmas!

[@brianstewart3594]

Glenmaroon House is a magnificent detached, Tudor style, Edwardian house, one of two interconnected houses backing directly onto Nockmaroon Hill in Dublin. Glenmaroon House was constructed on the edge of Phoenix Park by the Honourable (Arthur) Ernest Guinness in circa 1905 and extended in 1911, as an addition to the original house, previously known as Knockmaroon Lodge located on the south side of Knockmaroon Hill. Both houses were connected via a covered footbridge which has since been replaced by a more modern structure and over time both the North and South houses were renamed, collectively, as Glenmaroon, or Glenmaroon House. The houses later became part the Holy Angels Convent School and were also connected with the adjoining St. Louise’s Care Centre. The buildings are now vacant.

[@atodaso1668]

Its crazy to think that such amazing places sit empty. You would think rich people would want to restore it rather than build some new concrete box.

[@peterjodonovan2025]

Not the Arthur Guinnes House, it's in Beaumont built 1760, the house was a convent and Nursing home, now owned by the HSE

[@spooley]

Can't help thinking of the Guiness heir Tara Browne, the man mentioned by John Lennon in A Day in the Life. He would likely live in a similar mansion. The green tiles may be the same colour as the Guinness logo. Great job, history before your very eyes.

[@TT_1221]

I read a book about Tara "I read the news today oh boy". He was born into another Guinness mansion Castle Macgarrett in Co Mayo and raised in yet another Guinness mansion Luggala in Co Wicklow. It's a very interesting read, such a fascinating family.

[@mikecat23]

do the tour of Farmleigh House & Estate in the Phoenix park just up the road. it will blow you away. Theres even a part of the house which remembers Tara

[@TT_1221]

@@mikecat23 That's on my list of things to do!

[@mikecat23]

@ the tour is free on the first wed of the month.

[@richardlongmore9301]

Wow what a beautiful place.

[@marcdunne7831]

Looks beautiful

[@celticlofts]

My dad was a maintenance man there for years. It was run by an order of nuns at the time.

[@jec1ny]

What's left of the two mansions is quite lovely. The grand staircase was stunning. A lot of the add-ons unfortunately clash with the old architecture. And the church is just hideous. Catholics used to know how to build really beautiful churches. That thing reminds me of the nickname for a local church here that was built in the 1970s all modernist. "Our Lady of Pizza Hut."

[@thoins]

It wasn’t built by THEE Arthur Guinness, it was his great grandson. Sure the original Arthur was born in 1725

[@ELITExADAM]

I pass these houses on a regular basis. The bridge you walked across from one side to the other isn’t the original bridge. It was knocked down by a huge lorry . Then replaced by this plastic thing. As far as I’m aware the bridge was put there so family members living on either side could pass over to visit. Also no vandalism probabley because the Guinness family are highly respected in Ireland . Nobody will touch it.

[@RJB59]

Used in the tv series Magpie Murders (out side frountage,entrance hall and 1 large room )

[@gracesanity6314]

Glenmarron, Chapelizured, Co Dublin was my boarding school for 8 years. It was stunning. We walked in our local park....Phoenix park and played.

[@avinbos]

I went to Mountsackville just up the road graduated in '78, and a girl I went to school with went to work in there

[@bdeithrick]

It’s Chapelizod

[@bdeithrick]

I suppose there’s nothing new with Brits coming over here and breaking into stately homes.

[@420AuditsIreland]

Its used lots for movies. Abigail was shot there recently

[@RodgerMudd]

Amazing place! To have the money for such a place. Why would it be let to go to rot?

[@Paulco67]

Because the nuns own it and they are in rapid decline.

[@michellefreedman9265]

What a shame for such a beautiful historic place to sit empty.

[@flipsideracing]

Amazing video

[@connormeechan5784]

He had 1 in the Poison Glen in Donegal too.

[@TravelsWithSaoirse]

I wonder what the kitchen and dining rooms, and upper and lower levels look like? pity you didn't have more time to explore. thanks lads.

[@scarletred8888]

I know these buildings but i never knew what was inside - they are not really visible from the road, such a shame they are not being used

[@lizChalmers-e5w]

SWEET ONE, THANK-- YOU

[@peterfranks6243]

Wasn't it used in the vampire movie Annibelle 😳

[@eppityrrell8236]

Its a wonder no one called the gardi beautiful place never knew it was there i guess their going to knock them the counsel in Ireland gets rid of all charactera le buildings instead of saving them and build horrible apartments and houses great job guys sending warm vibes at Christmas from Ireland ✨🕊️☘️🎄❄️

[@Tomm9y]

Both buildings are in a fabulous setting on the edge of Phoenix Park. I hope the entire site can be put to good use and not just sold to developers for their profit. These places are opportunities for Ireland to recognise its heritage and use its resources wisely for the future. Curently I'd say the odds are for Eirestan.

[@Gail-j8j]

Beautiful❤

[@johnphair333]

In the early 1950's i attended Mount sackville.at that time a French order of nuns had that property

[@ashleighcampbell1664]

Guinness has 17.59 on it, as being first brewed then. So what Arthur Guinness built that house in 1905?! Thank you, Ashleigh. Xxx

[@boxfox2945]

Nice stairs. The kind of wood-work id have in my ideal house.. If i ever won the lottery

[@d.l.l.6578]

That could very easily be turned into a luxury apartment complex or resort. It’s a crime these places are useless and abandoned.

[@conorg6273]

There are some clearly visible cornonvirus signs in the building @12.50 which would have been from just a couple of years ago. Also the grass is freshly cut. Unusued as opposed to abandoned.

[@mcooper593]

Still largely intact. Surely, this beautiful house can be put to good use 😞

[@shaneboland-o9m]

Dublin had a higher child death rate than calcutta in the early 1900 and this is how they lived...a monument to greed.

[@Paulco67]

My uncle died at age 2 of TB in those years. RIP uncle Patrick. My son is named after him.

[@rick11960]

-----A monument to industry-think of the thousands of Irish who worked and drank the product and the taxes paid .

[@CianMcsweeney]

​@@rick11960 the Guinness family, and the majority of wealthy individuals in Ireland at the time, were Anglo-Irish

[@JonWhitton]

Amazing interior

[@roscowoodward6037]

Beautiful

[@Choppy698]

Hiya Alistair, Interesting vlog this one, we cant just leave these houses to go from rack to ruin, I really cant understand it, thats all I have to say, this is Choppy

[@nialloconnell906]

I don't know whether you got to Visit the stateley Farmleigh House , another house built by the Guinnesses, among many dotted around Ireland.

[@edi9892]

I've seen so much more decay in still occupied buildings that aren't 1/10th as old...

[@gandalf87264]

Don't worry so much about missing a flight. I am quite sure the aircraft will come back and pick you up later.