Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance…and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to spend your life with (Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: Charlotte Lucas’s view on marriage) Be warned…...
Castletown’s Colourful Characters: Lady Sarah My dear soul what possessed? ‘My dear soul what possessed you?’ a seemingly exasperated Lady Louisa asked her sister Lady Sarah in a letter dated 26 January 1762. Lady Sarah, sister of Castletown’s Lady Louisa Conolly (née...
Welcome to our first newsletter of 2020! We are delighted to reveal…. Castletown’s winter cleaning is nearly finished!! And we are busy preparing the house for the coming 2020 season… The house will be open for tours from the 5th March 2020. Tours...
Welcome to the Summer-Autumn 2019 edition of the Heritage Ireland ezine! Summer and the busy season are in full swing at our wonderful heritage sites. Naturally it has been an eventful time for us getting ready for visitor season and of course we have the perennial...
Movie Magic at Castletown This blog will look back at some of the TV shows and movies which used Castletown as a location. In 1983 Castletown’s Courtyard café changed its name for Educating Rita. Remington Steele aired its final episodes in 1987 and Castletown...
By Mégane Thoumire, intern The past three months went by so fast, probably because I have been making the most of my internship in this beautiful country that I love, but also and particularly because I have had the opportunity to grow professionally while working in...
