Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has bought a 19th-century Gothic-style castle on 440 acres in southeastern Ireland, about 200 kilometers from his company’s European headquarters in Dublin.
The Facebook founder bought Strunkley Castle, which was built in 1830 and extensively renovated in 2003, according to a report by… State heritage service.
The transaction is not listed on the Irish State Property Price Register.
The Irish Times, which was first to report the purchase, estimated that the value of the property could range between €20 million and €30 million. Reuters and The Guardian also reported that Zuckerberg had taken ownership of the property.
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The announced cost of the castle was 10% of the price of Zuckerberg’s yacht, which is more than 350 feet long, which he bought for $300 million, according to the British newspaper “Daily Mail”. Yachting worldwhich recently made headlines after it refused to respond to a distress call from a nearby boat.
A spokesman for Zuckerberg told Reuters that he and his family are “excited to continue caring for this historic home and look forward to spending some time in Ireland.”
Meta employs about 1,500 people in Ireland, which serves as the European home for a number of US tech giants, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple, partly due to the country’s favorable tax regime.
Zuckerberg is among a small group of billionaires who own a castle in Ireland, a country that contains an estimated 30,000 castles, according to a report published by the British newspaper “Daily Mail”. Castle Mosque Market for potential buyers.
American businessman John Malone owns Castlemartin House and Estate in County Kildare, an 18th-century Georgian manor and farmhouse, which Zuckerberg is said to have tried to buy from Malone in 2025.
Dyson founder Sir James Dyson owns Ballinatrae House on the Blackwater River, near Zuckerberg’s new castle, and recently received permission to build a helipad on the property, according to the Irish Times.
It’s not just wealthy tech moguls snapping up historical landmarks; Actors and filmmakers have also purchased and preserved some of the country’s forgotten castles.
Academy Award-winning actor Jeremy Irons owns Kilcoe Castle, a 15th-century castle that has stood in ruins for four centuries on a small island in County Cork. The Irons Company purchased the castle in the late 1990s and restored it to its former glory.
American writer, producer and director Christy Cashman and her husband own Kilkea Castle, a medieval stronghold of the Fitzgeralds, Earls of Kildare, which they have converted into a luxury hotel and golf course.
The crown Actor Dominic West and his wife, Katherine Fitzgerald, were rescued and recovered Glen Castle In Limerick. The 800-year-old castle has been owned by the Fitzgerald family for 800 years.
The couple intervened to prevent its sale and renovated its gardens and interiors for guests and event tenants.
Castles are a relic of Irish history dating back to the Middle Ages, when Anglo-Norman invaders built fortifications to defend their lands and possessions, often designed to instill fear and intimidate would-be intruders, according to The Guardian. Heritage Ireland.
Thousands of castles in Ireland are legally protected as architectural monuments by law National Monuments LawBut the law does not prohibit private ownership, although it does restrict what the owner can do with the property.
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