[2] Derrynane House is the ancestral home of Daniel O'Connell, lawyer, politician and statesman.

Situated on 120 hectares of parklands on the Kerry coast, the house displays relics of O'Connell's life and career.

[2] While the O'Connell family had previous associations with the area, it was Daniel O'Connell's grandparents, Domhnall Mór Ó Conaill and Máire Ní Dhonnchadha Dhuibh, who built or extended the house in the 1700s.

[3] The oldest part of the house, built in 1702, was demolished in 1967 for safety reasons during the restoration work.

Restoration work was completed in 1967, when the house was officially opened to the public as a museum by the then president Éamon de Valera.