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While all the Mary's at one time or another have passed this castle it is probable that none has been inside! A well know feature on the North side of Dublin which has been the scene of at least one pop stars nuptials. The only thing this Mary knows about the family after whom the castle is named is that one of their ancestors played a significant and treacherous role in the defeat of the Jacobite army at the battle of Aughrim!
Photographer: Alexander Campbell “Monkey” Morgan
Collection: Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection
Date: ca. April 1955
NLI Ref: NPA MOR1042
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Photographer: Alexander Campbell “Monkey” Morgan
Collection: Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection
Date: ca. April 1955
NLI Ref: NPA MOR1042
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suckindeesel
Google Earth Link earth.app.goo.gl/NPUVCN #googleearth Monkey view youtu.be/76UrW-M6Za4
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Luttrellstown?
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“The demesne and adjoining lands were granted to Sir Geoffrey de Luterel about 1210 by King John of England. Sir Geoffrey served as the king's minister on many missions of state to Ireland from 1204 to 1216. He was the ancestor of the Luttrells of Dunster Castle in Somersetshire, England.[4] The family became the biggest landowners in the district by the 17th century. Robert Luttrell was treasurer of St Patrick's Cathedral and Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1235 to 1245” “Colonel Henry Luttrell, (born about 1655, died 22 October 1717), the second son of Thomas Luttrell of Luttrellstown, was an Anglo-Irish soldier. He was suspected of betraying the Irish leader Patrick Sarsfield, either by his precipitate withdrawal of his Jacobite troops or by giving the army of King William III of England strategic information about a ford of a river, leading to the loss of the Battle of Aughrim in 1691. After the Siege of Limerick, Luttrell brought his regiment into the Williamite cause. For this act, he was rewarded with the forfeited estates of his elder brother, Simon Luttrell, including Luttrellstown, and was made a major general in the Dutch army. He was assassinated in his sedan chair outside his townhouse in Stafford Street, Dublin, in October 1717” - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luttrellstown_Castle
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The Dillons visited Luttrellstown in 1901 - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000522785 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000522787 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000522788
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Posh'n'Becs precariously perched on the porch in 1999, via https://www.flickr.com/photos/historicaltoursireland/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/historicaltoursireland/52193892084/
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Droneview (I bet Monkey would have wished he had a drone) - youtu.be/9sjFbmg3sYQ?t=90
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Exactly!!
John Spooner
Still a very Upstairs Downstairs vibe not long before Monkey Morgan was circling the skies above the castle. Irish Independent - Monday 1 May 1950:
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And not long after he was there. Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 05 August 1958:
Niall McAuley
The castle and demesne have a wikipedia page. I don't see an owner listed between Aileen Plunket née Guinness from 1927 and Primwest consortium in 1983, maybe in the Plunket family in the 50s?
Niall McAuley
The castle's own history booklet suggests the same - that it was owned by Aileen Plunkett, her daughter married a toff and moved to England, the castle was sold to Primwest. We also learn that this battle (on YouTube) from the 1953 Knights of the Round Table was filmed on the demesne.
Niall McAuley
From Aileen Plunket's wiki page: In 1956, she married the interior designer Valerian Stux-Rybar but this marriage lasted only until 1965. He was extravagant and Plunket's lifestyle had to be trimmed after her father died and death duties had to be paid. She sold the castle in 1983 and retired to residences at Elveden Hall and London. She died on 31 March 1999. Father Ernest died in 1949.
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outdoor swimming pool at left !
Niall McAuley
So she would still have been Aileen Plunket at the time of this photo. Here she is in 1947 She had 3 daughters, two living in 1955: Neelia Clothilde, who coincidentally divorced Captain Bazil Christian de las Casas in 1955, and Doon Aileen, single at this date, who married Granville James Leveson-Gower, 5th Earl of Granville in 1958, and became Countess Granville. Here is Doon at Gstaad in (I think) 1953.
Niall McAuley
I note an empty, uncovered swimming pool: Elfin Safety would like a word. Looks like the tennis court and pool appear between the 1900ish 25" and the 1930s 6" maps, presumably when the Plunkets were given the castle.
Niall McAuley
Here is the castle in the 1911 census. The house (and entire townland) is owned by Lord Annaly, but Thomas R. Laidlaw, retired Engineer, is living there, with his wife, 2 of his 3 daughters, 2 guests and 11 servants. 25 windows to the front, 30 rooms occupied.
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Hon. Anna E. Barton is in residence with 10 servants 1901, only claiming to occupy 10 rooms (maybe she did not count the servants quarters etc?).
John Spooner
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley An example of Stux-Rybar extravagant lifestyle was the 1958 party mentioned above. The flowers decorating the party were flown in from Japan.
Niall McAuley
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] I wonder if the lady in the Dillon photos is Anna Barton? No, she is surely not 71. But the census was 31st March, and the pics 2nd-4th March... Indeed, the Hon Anna Barton died in 1907, address still Luttrelstown. Given as Wife of Late H.L. Barton, Straffan.
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Anna Barton had no children according to thepeerage, so not a daughter. HL was Major Hugh Lynedoch Barton, lived in Straffan House until his death in 1899. Effects £84,000 (!) per the Calendar of Wills.