Howth Castle
| Howth Castle | ||
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 Howth Castle and surroundings |
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| Alternative name (s): | Caisleán Bhinn Éadair | |
| Creation time : | 14th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | restored and rebuilt | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone , ashlar , plastered | |
| Place: | Howth | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 23 '11.1 " N , 6 ° 4' 45.5" W | |
| Height: | 23 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Howth Castle ( Irish Caisleán Bhinn Éadair ) is a castle near the village of Howth in County Fingal, Ireland . The St. Lawrence family previously resided there and had owned the area since the Norman invasion in 1180. The family members held the title of Lord of Howth until approx. 1425, that of Baron Howth until 1767 and that of Earl of Howth until 1909. Since 1909 the castle and estate have belonged to the descendants of the female line, the Gaisford-St. Lawrence .
The property covers a large part of the Howth Head Peninsula , e.g. B. extensive heathland and a large part of the well-known "Cliff Walks" of Howth, from which one has a view over Dublin Bay, sparse forest and the island of Ireland's Eye . On the property near the castle are a golf course , pitch and putt course and facilities for soccer golf , a former hotel, formal gardens and a pond, rhododendron paths - and various small streams cross the property.
In October 2018, the family announced their decision to sell the property to an investment group. The golf club will remain open in 2019, the hotel is to be renovated and reopened as a luxury domicile and people are thinking about building residential buildings.
history
The St. Lawrence family had been the feudal lords of Howth since 1180 . The original family castle, a wooden structure, was on the outskirts of the village on Tower Hill , overlooking Halscadden Bay . Howth Castle stood in its current location for over 750 years in various designs. The great English architect Sir Edwin Lutyens rebuilt the castle from the 14th century in 1911; from here you can overlook Ireland's Eye and the coastline north of Dublin.
Much of the north Dublin coastline used to be part of the property; For example, the towns of Kilbarrack, Raheny and Clontarf , but these lands were gradually sold off between the mid-19th century and mid-20th century.
In the second half of the 20th century, the castle grounds were largely redesigned to accommodate a golf course and a mid-range hotel with a bar, restaurant and wellness facilities.
At the beginning of the 21st century, a cooking school and later a café opened in the castle, and there were occasional tours of the castle.
In October 2018, Julian Gaisford-St. Lawrence announced that the family had agreed to sell the property to a private investment group. The golf course and the other facilities are to remain open to the public until 2019 and the former hotel is to be renovated and reopened as a luxury resort. Residential construction is possible on the site. No statement was made as to whether the family wanted to keep part of the land or whether they had stipulated a lifelong right to live in the castle. Nothing is known about the future of the volunteer-run transport museum on the site.
Legend
A well-known legend about the castle is about an incident that is said to have occurred in 1576. On her trip from Dublin, the Gaelic clan chief and "pirate queen" Gráinne O'Malley wanted to pay a visit to the 8th Baron Howth. But she was told that the family was having dinner and the castle gates were locked on her face. In revenge for this she kidnapped the grandson and heir, the 10th Baron. She later released it when they promised to keep the gates open for unexpected visitors and to keep an extra seat free at each meal. The baron's descendants still adhere to this agreement today.
estate
In 1892 Rosa Mulholland wrote about the property:
"When returning to the lowlands, one should visit the old estate of the Earl of Howth, where a whimsical, old castle stands in a stiff garden with a pond populated by swans and a babbling fountain, surrounded by dark, wonderful forests full of towering, Cathedral-like and moss-covered corridors in which the cawing of the rooks echoes. "
The estate by the castle is known for its gardens of wild rhododendrons, which are open to the public in summer, as well as some of the oldest beech hedges in Ireland, planted in 1710. At certain times, e.g. B. in summer 2016, you can book guided tours through the castle on weekends. By the middle of the 20th century there was a rock garden at the parish church of the Church of Ireland , a "sundial garden " at the main entrance gate, an orchard, a moat and a fountain in front of the castle; all of these facilities were later no longer used. A small, sunken garden lies next to the chapel wing of the castle and a formal garden, parts of which have been preserved, behind it. A path leads through the swan pond, next to which there was a fern garden.
The Bloody Stream (Eng. "Damn stream") ran in front of the castle, another stream flowed directly past, but was later integrated into the day water flow of the castle; a third brook was connected to the swan pond. One of the streams in Sutton has its source in the property.
The more distant parts of the property serve more or less as public land with popular paths; they are essentially subject to the Special Amenity Area Order .
In the 20th century, the classic landscape garden from the 17th century was significantly redesigned in order to turn the deer park into a golf course, to which a hotel called the “Deer Park Hotel” was attached for many years.
The “Kitchen in the Castle Cookery School” was opened by two family members and is located in the restored Georgian kitchens of Howth Castle.
The volunteer-run National Transport Museum of Ireland is also on the castle grounds. There are trucks, fire engines and tractors on display. There you will also find the restored Hill of Howth Tramway No. 9 .
In books and films
literature
James Joyce's 1939 novella Finnegans Wake is set in Howth Castle and Surroundings, which is what Dublin is supposed to mean, and it begins and ends with that reference. The initials "HCE" appear in many ways in the novella, not least in the name of the main character Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker.
There are also more than a dozen references to Howth Castle, its residents and the rhododendron paths by the castle in the novel Ulysses .
Location for films
Howth Castle corresponds to the fictional "Castle Haleron" in the film Dementia 13 with Roger Corman and Francis Ford Coppola from 1963, where several scenes of the film take place.
Flashback scenes in Sergio Leone's spaghetti western Death Melody were filmed here. The castle was also used for extensive outdoor shots in Love & Friendship , Whit Stillman's adaptation of Jane Austen's novella Lady Susan .
Individual evidence
- ^ History of Howth Castle . In: Howth Castle . Accessed January 30, 2018.
- ↑ a b Tetrarch buys 470 acres in Howth including its castle and former hotel . In: The Irish Times . October 5, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
- ^ R. Mulholland: At Howth in The Irish Monthly , Issue 20 (223), Volume 1892, 33-7. P. 35.
- ↑ Duck, You Sucker , aka A Fistful of Dynamite , (2-Disc Collector's Edition, Sergio Donati Remembers) (DVD). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Los Angeles 1972.
- ^ Leslie Anne Wiggins: Whit Stillman's New Film, Love & Friendship, Takes Us Back to the 19th Century . In: Architectural Digest . Retrieved October 30, 2018.
