Lord Mountbatten Castle In Ireland

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Lord mountbatten castle in ireland. The castle was inherited by lord mountbattens wife lady edwina who was related to lord palmerston who took over the. Irish businessman hugh tunney leases classiebawn. Castle at the end of the 19th century. There were a number of people on board when the explosion went off.

There is no evidence mullaghmore. Lord mountbatten offers classiebawn to the irish state rent free. It comprises a gabled range with a central tower topped by a conical roofed turret. Rawson carrol a dublin based architect and is constructed from a yellow brown sandstone brought by sea from county donegal.

The killers were outsiders from the iras south armagh unit. I was interested to see the m and b cypher for mountbatten on the gates. The mountbattens used to summer at classiebawn castle a baronial mansion overlooking the village. Further along the road we stopped to view the plaque which shows the mountbatten family photograph on the beach where they spent their summers until lord mountbatten and 3 companions were murdered just over 40 years ago.

Garda security for visit of lord mountbatten and his family is increased to 24. On a sunny day in august of 1979 lord louis mountbatten was assassinated not far from classiebawn castle while in a fishing boat in the water off mullaghmore. The assassination of lord louis mountbatten. Lord mountbatten was holidaying at his summer home in classiebawn castle in mullaghmore a seaside village in county sligo which was just 12 miles from the northern irish border.