Lord Mountbatten House Mullaghmore

Later on when lord louis and edwina ashley mountbatten commenced regular visits to mullaghmore it once again proved a boon for some locals who were employed in domestic service this time in classiebawn castle.

Lord mountbatten house mullaghmore. 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. Lord ashleys visits to mullaghmore were sporadic. The castle was inherited by lord mountbattens wife lady edwina who was related to lord palmerston who took over the castle at the end of the 19th century. On monday august 27 1979 lord mountbatten was killed during a family trip to mullaghmore county sligo ireland.

It was this lord palmerston who commissioned the building of the current classiebawn castle and the harbour at mullaghmore. Rory carrollthe guardian mullaghmore has a handsome stone harbour. William cowper temple pc mp. Mullaghmore harbour the great project of lord henry john mount temple better known as lord palmerston a long serving british politician and prime minister.

Later created the 1st baron mount temple. On may 20 2015 prince charles and camilla duchess of cornwall visited the village of mullaghmore the site of mountbattens assassination. Lord louis mountbatten. The house was not complete on his death in 1865 but was completed in 1874 by his stepson and successor the rt.

A memorial in mullaghmore co sligo overlooking the spot where an ira bomb blew up lord mountbattens boat in 1979. Since 1950 the mountbatten family have spent most of their holidays at classiebawn castle as often as circumstances have permitted. He was assassinated by a hidden bomb on his fishing boat shadow v which had.