From hosting kings to music icons, Slane Castle is no stranger to moving with the times – and with eco-farming and a world-class distillery added t
o the mix, its history is a backdrop to exciting innovations.
Carina and Alex are passionate about food and how it is produced and are great believers in grass roots action for climate change mitigation and environmental protection. Rock Farm Slane has been designed and is purposefully managed as a showcase for organic farming and ecotourism. On 90 acres, they rear Tamworth pigs, Dexter cattle, Bronze turkeys and hens for egg production as well as running a thriving market garden and agroforestry.
An investment of €50 million has seen the beautiful, but faded outer courtyard of Slane Castle transformed into an impressive state-of-the-art distillery. They have managed to restore all the old character of the courtyard and stables, marrying it with new larch-clad buildings which hold enormous quantities of barrels for their triple cask whiskey .
The devastating fire that ripped through the castle in 1991 gutted rooms and took with it original features, art and furniture. It took ten years to restore the building. The original colours have returned to the walls and family paintings and photographs, many of which were saved by Lord Henry on the night of the fire, grace the rooms again, a little less abundantly than before.
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