Classiebawn castle close to the head of Mullaghmore on County Sligo’s Wild Atlantic Way. It was the holiday home of Louis Mountbatten. Louis Mountbatten, a member of the British royal family assassinated close by in 1979. The pair of standing stones erected on the ground below the castle would seem to support the reputed occult interests of Lords Palmerston, Ashley and Mountbatten.
Classiebawn Castle Sligo
Classiebawn Castle, a country house built for The 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865). It was formerly a 10,000-acre (4,000 ha) estate on the Mullaghmore peninsula near the village of Cliffoney, County Sligo, in the Republic of Ireland. In the late 19th century construction started of the current Castle. That construction is what is mostly standing today.
This piece is taken from the privately published guidebook to Classiebawn Castle by Lord Louis Mounbatten.
The first site chosen was on nearby Dernish Island but after several attempts it was found impossible to build a causeway from the mainland to the island owing to the heavy tides running.
The present site was then chosen and the building of the Castle started. The architect of the Castle was J Rawson Carroll, F. R. I. A. Lord Palmerston also built the Harbour at Mullaghmore, and a row of fishermen’s cottages on the hill overlooking the harbour. At that time the estate exceeded 6000 acres and included the whole of the Mullaghmore Peninsula.
Classiebawn Castle was also the setting for a tragedy:
How Classiebawn Castle became Ireland’s most famous castle after the assassination of the Uncle of a Royal Prince.
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