The Meta CEO paid an estimated €20-30 million for Strancally Castle, a 440-acre estate on the River Blackwater. The purchase deepens his ties to Ireland, where Meta employs 1,500 people.
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Mark Zuckerberg has a new home in Ireland, a 200-year-old castle called Strancally Castle. The Meta CEO and his wife, Priscilla Chan, bought the property in Waterford County, about 140 miles south of the company's international headquarters in Dublin. The purchase price is estimated at 20 million to 30 million euros, or $23 million to $35 million, according to The Irish Times. The seller was Michael Alen-Buckley, cofounder of RAB Capital, and his wife.
Zuckerberg's spokesperson, Brian Baker, said in a statement that the family is "excited to continue caring for this historic home" and looks forward to spending time in Ireland, where Meta maintains its international headquarters. The three-story Gothic castle was built between 1825 and 1835 for John Keily, a former conservative MP, according to the National Built Heritage Service of Ireland.
Meta employs about 1,500 people across its offices in Dublin and Cork. The company also runs a data center in Clonee, County Meath, near Dublin. Zuckerberg and Chan have been looking for an Irish home base for some time, a Meta spokesperson told Business Insider.
The castle sits on a 440-acre estate on the banks of the River Blackwater. It is the latest addition to Zuckerberg's real estate portfolio, which includes homes in Palo Alto, two estates on Lake Tahoe, a ranch in Hawaii, and a mansion on the "Billionaire Bunker" island in Miami.
The purchase deepens Zuckerberg's personal ties to a country where Meta already has a significant operational footprint. The company's Irish data center supports its European cloud infrastructure, and the Dublin office houses key legal and regulatory staff.
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