Lord Mountbatten Ireland Castle

Mountbatten holidayed every summer at classiebawn castle on mullaghmore harbor in county sligo.

Lord mountbatten ireland castle. The castle and surrounding lands are now owned by the estate of hugh tunney 1928 2011 a deceased businessman from trillick in county tyrone who bought the castle and 3000 acres 1200 ha of surrounding estate in 1991 after having leased it for many years. The killers were outsiders from the iras south armagh unit. The assassination of lord louis mountbatten. I was interested to see the m and b cypher for mountbatten on the gates.

His holiday home classiebawn castle at mullaghmore is inherited by his stepson william cowper temple later 1st baron mount temple of mount temple. Lord louis mountbatten. There were a number of people on board when the explosion went off. William cowper temple 1st baron mount temple dies.

Classiebawn castle designed by the architect j rawson carroll is completed. In 1916 lord mount temple removed all the furniture and the castle remained empty until 1950. Thomas mcmahon a member of the ira made his way onto the boat the night before and attached an explosive that could be controlled remotely. Castle at the end of the 19th century.

The mountbattens used to summer at classiebawn castle a baronial mansion overlooking the village. On august 27 1979 he was killed in a bomb attack carried out by the ira. Mountbatten vacationed with his family at classiebawn castle in mullaghmore county sligo just twelve miles from the northern ireland border. On 27 august 1979 lord mountbatten went lobster fishing on his wooden boat shadow v in the village of mullaghmore county sligo in the west of ireland where he had a holiday home.

Following the dispossession of the oconnor clan in the late 17th century 10000 acres of land was annexed by edwinas forbear sir john temple during the cromwellian confiscations of the 17 th century. During the irish rebellion the castle was commandeered and used as a barracks for the free state army who flew their flag there and protected the castle from damage. The castle was inherited by lord mountbattens wife lady edwina who was related to lord palmerston who took over the. There is no evidence mullaghmore.

Lord louis mountbatten married lord ashleys daughter edwina in 1922 and so came into ownership of classiebawn and its sprawling estate. 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. 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.