Fota House wishes to reassure the public that its operations remain entirely unaffected following the recent confirmation of an outbreak of avian influenza at Fota Wildlife Park. The House and property, which operate independently and separately from the Wildlife Park and the recent incident does not impact our ability to welcome visitors to our historic property and gardens or host upcoming events, including the Halloween Trail and Wonderlights.  We continue to closely monitor the situation and strictly adhere to all guidance from the HSE and the Department of Agriculture, Food & Marine. The health and safety of our visitors and staff remain our top priority.

We extend our empathy and support to the team at Fota Wildlife Park during this challenging time and have full confidence in their expertise and professionalism to restore normal operations as soon as possible. In the meantime, Fota House and Gardens remain open, and we look forward to welcoming visitors to enjoy our historic setting and vibrant events.
For further updates, please refer to our official channels.

UPDATE 22/10/25

Following the update from Fota Wildlife Park 22/10/25 advising that the park will remain closed for a number of weeks until is officially deemed safe to reopen, we at Fota House & Gardens would again like to reiterate to the public that our operations remain entirely unaffected as we operate independently and separately from the Wildlife Park. While this reassurance and the health & safety of our visitors / staff applies to all at our property, we would further reassure all those who have purchased tickets for upcoming events such as The Creepy Crawl Halloween Trail, Wonderlights and The Magic of Santa that these events will go ahead as planned. We extend our support to the team at Fota Wildlife Park as they navigate through this very difficult situation and look forward to their resumption of operations for their members & visitors.