Mountbatten Castle Ireland

When the rebellion ended the castle was handed back to lord mount temple.

Mountbatten castle ireland. The east facade of the castle from the outcrop called the fairy rocks. The castle became a favourite childhood holiday home of edwina countess mountbatten of burma and her sister mary lady delamere. On august 27 1979 he was killed in a bomb attack carried out by the ira. 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.

It comprises a gabled range with a central tower topped by a conical roofed turret. I have a place in eire classiebawn castle in county sligo mountbatten told a gathering of the empire club of canada in 1967 and i and my family could not be treated with greater friendship by the irish. Rawson carrol a dublin based architect and is constructed from a yellow brown sandstone brought by sea from county donegal. 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.

The mountbattens used to summer at classiebawn castle a baronial mansion overlooking the village. Clickable map of ireland. Mountbatten holidayed every summer at classiebawn castle on mullaghmore harbor in county sligo. Classiebawn castle was commandeered by the irish free state army during the rebellion and was used primarily as an army barracks.

In reality thirteen gone but not forgottenwe got 18 and mountbatten was a phrase that appeared in graffiti in belfast the capital of northern ireland shortly after mountbattens death. There is no evidence mullaghmore. The shooting rights are still owned by lord mountbatten the boundaries being shown in the large scale map at the castle. The killers were outsiders from the iras south armagh unit.

It was designed in the baronial style by j. A flag was flown and the army protected the castle and its estate. My son in laws grandmother was the marchionness of sligo who died not long ago at the age of 98.