Arts, Culture & Entertainment
Fota House was designed by 19th century architects Richard and William Morrison. From the beautifully proportioned rooms with exquisite plasterwork, to the preserved service wing and kitchens, Fota House offers visitors an intimate look at how life was lived in the past, whether as a servant or as a member of the gentry. Our painting collection is considered to be one of the finest collections of landscape painting outside the National Gallery of Ireland and includes works by William Ashford PRHA, Robert Carver, Jonathan Fisher and Thomas Roberts.
Fota is surrounded by fine gardens and s splendid arboretum dating from the time the house was built.
You can also visit the fascinating award-winning Victorian Working Garden which has been brought back to life. This includes the beautiful orchard, pit houses and working glasshouses. It once supplied the house with fruit and vegetables and it is now buzzing with activity with volunteers propagating and growing produce and plants to support the property. The Victorian Working Garden is open Monday – Friday and most Sundays from March to September where you can wander about and take it all in. You can check the Sunday opening with our Welcome desk. Guided tours are available by arrangement.
Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard is Ireland’s leading supplier of spirits and wines and producer of the world’s most well-known and successful Irish Whiskeys. Led by Jameson, our brands are driving the global renaissance of Irish Whiskey. Jameson is the world’s fastest-growing Irish Whiskey, experiencing 27 years of consecutive growth and hitting sales of 5.7m cases in 2016. Our brands are exported to 130+ markets, with over 60 of those experiencing double- or triple-digit growth.
For over 200 years we called Dublin home, but in 1975 we moved our ever expanding operation to the green expanses of Midleton, Co. Cork. The big move wasn’t without risk, but the migration certainly paid dividends in the whiskey making department. Our new home provided the space we needed to stretch our legs and our whiskey making ambitions, proximity to barley farmers and freshwater probably aren’t what people typically look for when house hunting, but Midleton seemed to have everything we need as well as the extra space for visitors.
You can help feed the camel, kid goats, hens and ducks.
Hold the snake, rabbits and mice.
Leahy’s Open Farm offers you a fun, exciting and adventurous day out, suitable for all the family from babies right up to granny’s and granddads.
You can help feed the camel, kid goats, hens and ducks.
Hold the snake, rabbits and mice.
Petting times with the animals are 1, 3 and 5pm daily. This is the highlight for many children, where else would you hold a snake..
Take a ride on the quad and barrel train (seriously fun for mums and dads too.)
Have you ever operated a real JCB Digger? Well here is your chance.
Digger Park..
These real JCB diggers are suitable for all ages, however, kids under the height limit must be accompanied by an adult.
We have a huge mystery maze, climbing frames and adventure playground.
Try your hand at Crazy golf, or speed around the go kart track.
We have a lovely coffee shop with our own delicious home baking and tasty treats.
There is an extensive museum on display at the farm, showing all the old machinery and equipment used in bygone days.
Large indoor soft play area “Playbarn”.
We cater for Birthday parties, school tours and summer groups. Special rates apply.
We run special events at Easter and Christmas, our Monster Easter Egg hunt is on over the Easter Weekend and Santa’s Village runs for the month of December.
We are a family run business and every day we follow one simple rule and that is..
We guarantee every family who visits our farm will have the best day ever and will go home very happy and a little bit tired…
So what are you waiting for, we will see you soon..
Free parking, no time restrictions on your day out, wheel chair accessible, baby changing area, high chairs available.
Gate Midleton is a 5 screen cinema in the heart of Midleton town.
Gate cinemas provide up to date movies for all audiences. Our movie selection varies from action-packed to light-hearted, from comedy to tear jerkers and everything in between.
We also offer our special events such as Exhibition on Screen which bring exhibition based art films to cinemas. We stream live from the Royal Opera house, some of our titles have included La Traviata, Romeo and Juliette and the ever-popular Swan Lake.
If you’re not sure about what suits your tastes, call in some day to our friendly staff to help you find the perfect movie.