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markets · Sunday 19 July 2026 · 11:00am 
Kinnitty Castle Antique Fair
At Kinnitty Castle · Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
At Kinnitty Castle · Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
A morning spent browsing antiques at a Gothic Revival castle in the Offaly foothills is a different sort of Sunday. The Kinnitty Castle Antique Fair draws dealers from across Ireland to the grounds of Kinnitty Castle Hotel, a dramatic 19th-century castle that sits at the edge of the village on the western slopes of the Slieve Bloom Mountains. Admission is free, the hours are reasonable, and the setting does most of the work - this is one for anyone who enjoys proper antiques in a room that already has history built into its walls.
Hibernian Antique Fairs, Ireland’s largest antique fair organiser with more than three decades of events behind them, puts this one together. The stock runs across Georgian and Victorian furniture, silver, jewellery, paintings, porcelain, and brassware - the kind of mix where you might find a decent piece of flatware beside a framed oil and a side table from the 1840s. The castle’s interiors give dealers a ready-made backdrop: stone walls, period features, and enough natural light through tall windows to examine pieces properly. If you go with a particular item in mind, dealers are generally happy to talk provenance and price. If you go with no agenda at all, that works too.
Kinnitty sits about 12km east of Birr on the R421, at the point where the midland plain starts to rise towards the Slieve Bloom Mountains. From Dublin, take the M7 motorway to Portlaoise, then head west on the N80 and pick up the R421 via Mountrath - allow around 1 hour 30 minutes. From Limerick, the N7 east to Roscrea and then the R421 north brings you in from the other direction. There is no regular public transport to Kinnitty itself, so driving is the practical option. Parking at the castle is available on site.
The village is a good base for the Slieve Bloom Mountains, with walking and mountain-biking trails leaving directly from the Kinnitty Trailhead. The Kinnitty Pyramid - a curious early 19th-century structure modelled loosely on the Great Pyramid of Giza, built as a mausoleum for the Bernard family who once owned the castle - is a short walk away and worth a look. There is more to see in Kinnitty and across Co. Offaly.
Heading to Kinnitty Castle in Kinnitty? Offaly has plenty more to see. Read the Kinnitty area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.