{"id":599216,"date":"2026-08-20T13:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/599216\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T13:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:56:09","slug":"meta-boss-mark-zuckerberg-buys-gothic-castle-and-440-acre-estate-in-waterford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/599216\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg buys Gothic castle and 440-acre estate in Waterford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta\u2019s billionaire chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has purchased Strancally Castle in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/maintopics\/waterford-news_topic-5331512.html\">Co Waterford<\/a> with his wife, Priscilla Chan.<\/p>\n<p>The Gothic-style, 440-acre estate is located on the banks of the River Blackwater, near the village of Knockanore in West Waterford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In a statement to the  Irish Examiner, a spokesperson for Mark Zuckerberg said: \u201cMark and his family are excited to continue caring for this historic home and look forward to spending time in Ireland, where Meta maintains its international headquarters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It is understood that the estate will be used as Zuckerberg\u2019s base while he is in Ireland, but that he will continue to live in the United States with his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Private investment firm owners Michael and Giancarla Alen Buckley previously purchased the property 25 years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The price paid by Mr Zuckerberg is currently unknown.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5199946_2_articleinline_2OE6AHHBEJFZ7JZQCP3DHZ45FE.jpeg\" alt=\"Strancally Castle Co.Waterford. Picture: The Irish Times\" title=\"Strancally Castle Co.Waterford. Picture: The Irish Times\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Strancally Castle Co.Waterford. Picture: The Irish Times<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\">Castle near James Dyson&#8217;s Ballynatray House<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The castle is a 30-minute drive from Youghal in East Cork. It is also located a short distance from Ballynatray House, the sprawling estate owned by fellow billionaire\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/property\/residential\/arid-41340440.html\">James Dyson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The social media magnate has held a long-standing interest in building a property portfolio in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Last year, Liberty Media billionaire owner John Malone told the  Wall Street Journal that the Meta chief had offered to buy his Castlemartin House and Estate in Kildare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ireland remains a key market for Meta. Its international headquarters are located in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Its Reality Labs division is located in Cork, and it operates a data centre in Clonee, Co Meath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Meta employs approximately 1,500 people across 80 teams in Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meta\u2019s billionaire chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has purchased Strancally Castle in Co Waterford with his wife, Priscilla Chan.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[191786,823,42,43,58,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-599216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-waterford-news","tag-facebook","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-social-media","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}