RUSSBOROUGH House in Co Wicklow was filled to capacity with invited guests at the reopening of the beautiful Palladian mansion after extensive refurbishment that cost over €1 million.

It also marked the return on loan of the Milltown Collection from the National Gallery of Ireland, which last hung in Russborough over 120 years ago before they were donated to the National Gallery by Countess Milltown in 1901. The Milltowns’ were the Leeson family, after who Leeson Street is named as they were large property owners in the area.