Mountbatten Castle

She and her husband the 1st earl mountbatten of burma made a number of upgrades to the castle like the installation of electricity and the addition of water mains. Dickie mountbatten and some of his family who had been staying at their holiday home classibawn castle near the village of cliffoney county sligo in the republic of ireland decided to. Lord mountbatten rides in a carriage with his daughter lady patricia bradbourne and granddaughters joanna and amanda outside of classiebawn castle in 1963.
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A small cross on a hillside a bench in a peace garden and a plaque in the grounds of classiebawn castle.

Mountbatten castle. There are three physical memorials. 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. Mountbatten holidayed every summer at classiebawn castle on mullaghmore harbor in county sligo. The mountbattens came for an annual holiday to their sligo castle.

For most of us the only indication that they were in residence was the house flag flying from the roof. Mountbatten usually holidayed at his summer home classiebawn castle in mullaghmore a small seaside village in county sligo in the north west of ireland. Well used to visiting tourists their occasional sojourns created no great stir in the village except for a few locals who provided kitchen and dining room staff. The village was only 12 miles 19 km from the border with county fermanagh in northern ireland and near an area known to be used as a cross border refuge by ira members.

On august 27 1979 he was killed in a bomb attack carried out by the ira. Classiebawn castle has a very strong link to the royal family. The current castle was largely built in the late 19th century. In 1939 edwina cynthia annette mountbatten countess mountbatten of burma inherited the castle.

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. Classiebawn castle is a country house built for the 3rd viscount palmerston 17841865 on what was formerly a 10000 acre 4000 ha estate on the mullaghmore peninsula near the village of cliffoney county sligo in the republic of ireland. The property passed to different owners but the gates. Classiebawn castle close to the head of mullaghmore on county sligos wild atlantic way was the holiday home of louis mountbatten a member of the british royal family who was assassinated close by in 1979.