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In Brief
Posted:
12:55 PM PDT · August 20, 2026
Image Credits: John Nacion / Contributor / Getty Images
Dominic-Madori Davis
Mark buys a castle
Mark Zuckerberg just bought a cozy abode close to Meta’s international headquarters in Ireland. By cozy abode, we mean a castle. Zuck bought the 19th-century Strancally Castle and its 440-acre grounds, an estate estimated to have cost him anywhere from $23 million to $35 million.
“Mark 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,” a spokesperson told the press about the purchase.
We’ve reached out to Meta for further comment.
The home is stunning: It sits on a river, surrounded by greenery, and the Irish Times reported in 2001 that it has at least 11 bedrooms, four tower suites, a library, a dining room, and a drawing room. Zuck bought the castle from a financier who’d lived there with his family for 25 years.
Meta’s international headquarters is in Dublin, where the company opened a 31,000-square-foot data center in 2017, just 20 minutes from the city. Waterford, where Zuck’s new castle is, is about a two-hour drive from Dublin.
This isn’t Zuck’s first big real estate purchase this year. He and his wife also reportedly splashed out $170 million for a home in the same exclusive Miami neighborhood as Jeff Bezos, joining a slew of tech billionaires leaving California as the state seeks to implement a form of wealth tax.
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