Returning due to exceptional popular demand, OPW Castletown House welcomes Handel’s Messiah back to the stunning Long Gallery for what will no doubt be the musical highlight of the season.

A glorious and dramatic work, Handel’s Messiah, is firmly fixed in the hearts of music lovers around the world. The work has a particular significance to Dubliners as it received its premiere at Neals Musick Hall, Fishamble Street in Dublin’s city centre, 260 years ago in 1742. However, the connections to Castletown House go far deeper than that: the lady of Castletown, Katherine Conolly, was one of the benefactors of Messiah’s historical Dublin premiere, where the ladies and gentlemen patrons at Fishamble Street were requested to come without their hoop-framed skirts and swords to increase capacity, such was the demand for tickets!

The beautiful Long Gallery of Castletown House will, once again, welcome home Handel’s great masterpiece, Messiah, for a very special performance with choir and full orchestra, featuring a cast of the finest soloists, under the baton of Niall Kinsella. A perfect opportunity to hear the beautiful strains of music that Castletown residents would have enjoyed centuries ago.

Book early to avoid disappointment. No swords or hoop-skirts, please!