About the Lodge
The McNamee story
Family-run, proudly Celbridge, and brighter than you’d expect from a pub with this much history.
The family
How McNamees became everyone's local
[PLACEHOLDER] [The founding story: who opened the Lodge, when, and why. A favourite anecdote. What’s changed and what never will.]
[PLACEHOLDER] [How the business grew from a bar into a restaurant and café — and the moment the family gave the place its bright new look.]
Today, the Lodge opens before the school run and closes after the last song. In between it’s a café, a family restaurant, a sports bar, a music venue and the place half of Celbridge has celebrated a christening, a birthday or a big win.
Family run
The team
The faces behind the bar & the pass
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Owner & host
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Head chef
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Bar manager
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Café lead & barista
The building & the town
A Celbridge landmark, on the banks of history
[PLACEHOLDER] [History of the building: age, original use, notable features, restoration, and where the name “The Abbey Lodge” comes from — confirm with the family and local sources.]
Celbridge has plenty of stories. Castletown House, Ireland’s first great Palladian mansion, sits at the end of the main street; Celbridge Abbey and its riverside grounds gave the town a famous literary connection to Jonathan Swift; and Arthur Guinness spent his early years here before going on to brew something rather popular.
We like to think we’re part of that story too: the place you stop after a walk around Castletown, before a lecture in Maynooth, or after a long day along the Liffey.
Gallery
A look around
