Contact Info

Opening Times:

up to and including 15th November 2010, 9.30 am to 5.30 pm
from 16th November 2010, 9.30 am to 5.00 pm
Last admission at 3pm
Car Park locks at 5.15 pm sharp.

Phone: +353-45-522963 and +353-45-521617
Fax: +353-45-522964
Email: reservations@instourism.net
Tourism enquiries: Further information on arranging group visits

Download tourism brochure here

Visit our Gift Shop (Open February 12th to December 7th, 2010, 7 days a week)

Discover Primary Science Programme: A new programme for primary schools where groups can come to the stud and gardens for an educational day out. Worksheets are based on the science of the Thoroughbred Horse and on St. Fiachra's Garden as a natural habitat.

The entrance charge is for 4 attractions - Japanese Gardens, St. Fiachra's Garden, The Horse Museum and a guided tour of the Stud. One price covers all four.

Admission Charges 2010

Guided Tours avaialable daily at 12 noon, 2:30pm and 4:00pm

Adult €11.00 per person
Concessions (Students & Seniors) €8.00 per person
Children under 16 years €6.00
Family - 2 Adults & 4 children under 16 years €27.00

FREE Car & Coach Park with CCTV Cameras

Gift shop with Clothing, Jewellery, Books, Crystal etc Restaurant.

Public transport from Dublin

Public Transport from Dublin

Bus: Monday/Saturday from Central Bus Station (Busaras) at 9.30 am Return journey from Japanese Gardens - Bus leaves at 3.45 p.m. Sunday from Busaras at 10 am & 12 noon Return journey from Japanese Gardens - Bus leaves at 3 pm and 5.30 pm.

Trains: Mainline to Kildare Station The Arrow runs from Heuston Station, Dublin to Kildare every 35 minutes. A shuttle bus operates from the Kildare Train Station to Kildare Town, Kildare Village Outlet Shopping and the Irish National Stud every 20 minutes, round trip.

Roads: From DUBLIN you take the N7 SOUTH for LIMERICK/CORK. KILDARE is about 40 minutes from Dublin. See location map.

Facilities:

There is a gift shop in the Visitor's Centre, where you can purchase items of clothing with The Irish National Stud and Japanese Gardens logo, which cannot be found anywhere else in the World, as well as other items, like Waterford Crystal, Newbridge Cutlery and many more. There are plenty of toilets, including one for the disabled, and also "a baby changing room". There is a restaurant, self-service, where you can have a light lunch, morning coffee or afternoon tea.

There are usually Guided Tours of the National Stud each day. Enquire at Reception for times. The tour lasts about 35 minutes. The Tour lasts about 35 minutes and you should allow another 45 minutes to see the Museum, and take a walk down the Tully Walk to see any mares and foals that might be out. In the main yard there is a video showing "The Birth of a Foal". It lasts about 10 minutes and was actually made on the Stud.

The Horse Museum has been refurbished and opened in April 2006. This is where the "Sport of Kings" comes to life.

The Japanese Gardens are in the grounds and you need about 20 minutes to walk around and read the self-guide leaflet, which tells of "The Life of Man" from The Cradle to the Grave.

St. Fiachra's Garden is dedicated to St. Fiachra - the Patron Saint of Gardeners. It was officially opened on 3rd June 1999 by the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese.

There are picnic tables in the car park which are very popular in the summer months.