The former home of Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, now owned by his son Mark FitzGerald, co-founder of estate agents Sherry FitzGerald, includes lifts to all three floors and a pantry
Number 30 Palmerston Road, Rathmines is considered one of Dublin 6’s best roads. It’s been home to many well-known people over the years with former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald purchasing the two-storey-over- basement Victorian redbrick in 1976.
Current neighbours include Brian O’Driscoll and Amy Huberman.
Mark grew up in the fine family home with his parents’ entertaining guests such as John Hume and Bono and Ali Hewson, as he told The Irish Times. The former Taoiseach was part of the negotiations that led to the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement.
But at its heart the property remains more than just its storied past - it is a family home that has lovely period features such as ceiling roses, coving and matching marble fireplaces in the interconnecting rooms at entrance level. The dual-aspect rooms have rich polished floorboards underfoot with light pouring in.
Over their tenure the FitzGeralds have refurbished five times, gently upgrading the fabric of the property and expanding its size with an extension discreetly added to the side.
It is now a home that has all the front-facing space a well-heeled family wants. But it also boasts all the engine rooms a modern family home hunting at this level of the market expects. They form the invisible machinery that make a busy household function well.
There are lifts to all three floors, helpful if considering intergenerational living. There's a reading room and study that could double as home offices for two working parents at hall level and a utility room on the first-floor return, so you don’t have to run up and down flights of stairs or descend the lift to do laundry.
At garden level the kitchen features duck egg blue-coloured units, designed by the Cabinet Company, an Aga range cooker and two sets of double doors that open out to the private and walled west-facing back garden.
There is also a larder and separate panty – the latter curated in such a way that it will likely go viral on socials. Painted a deeper shade to the kitchen its contents include tureens and tableware not in everyday use but at least on view as well as everyday condiments and quick dinner fixes. On view is a jar of Coleman’s mustard and Old El Paso fajita mix. In such a venerable address it all feels very relatable.
Situated on the sunny side of the street the garden gets sun all afternoon.
The genteel upgrades mean the Ber exempt four-bedroom, five-bathroom house has a well-appointed interior and now measures 362 square metres.
There is off-street parking for up to four cars to the front with many schools, national and secondary, within a short walk of the property.
Equidistance to Cowper and Beechwood green line Luas stops, number 30 is asking €3.75million through agents Sherry FitzGerald (Thursday September 11th 2025).
