Twenty-four hours of time-travel at Fairmont Carton House

Irish Examiner Home Editor Eve Kelliher goes back to the future in the historic country house in County Kildare

All 170 guestrooms and suites have been fully refurbished and decorated Fairmont Carton House.

Centuries worth of feet scampering bedwards via the back staircase at Fairmont Carton House have made their unique mark on the stonework. 

Each tread is slightly different but I am informed they cannot be changed: Like many parts of this stately building, the slabs are protected.