Classiebawn Castle

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Classiebawn Castle is a 19th-century baronial-style country house on the Atlantic coast of County Sligo, Ireland, famed for its dramatic seaside setting and association with Lord Mountbatten.

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Classiebawn Castle canonical 3
Classiebawn Castle, County Sligo 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf baronial-style house ⓘ
country house ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
architecturalStyle Scottish Baronial ⓘ
baronial ⓘ
associatedWith British aristocracy ⓘ
Lord Palmerston ⓘ
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ⓘ
Royal Navy officer Lord Mountbatten ⓘ
builtFor 3rd Viscount Palmerston ⓘ
category Baronial architecture in Ireland ⓘ
Castles in County Sligo ⓘ
Country houses in Ireland ⓘ
constructionEnd 1870s ⓘ
constructionStart 1860s ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
currentUse private residence ⓘ
eventAssociatedWith assassination of Lord Mountbatten in 1979 ⓘ
feature battlements ⓘ
gate lodge ⓘ
tower ⓘ
turrets ⓘ
walled estate ⓘ
has enclosed demesne ⓘ
long driveway ⓘ
heritageStatus prominent landmark in County Sligo ⓘ
inContextOf The Troubles in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: The Troubles
landUse surrounded by farmland ⓘ
locatedIn County Sligo ⓘ
Mullaghmore ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic coast ⓘ
material local sandstone ⓘ
near Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Ben Bulben ⓘ
border with County Donegal ⓘ
village of Mullaghmore ⓘ
notableFor association with British royal family ⓘ
dramatic profile against Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
notableResident Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ⓘ
overlooks Donegal Bay ⓘ
ownedBy Mountbatten family ⓘ
proximityToEvent Lord Mountbatten was killed offshore at Mullaghmore in 1979 ⓘ
publicAccess not generally open to the public ⓘ
region Connacht ⓘ
roofType steeply pitched roofs ⓘ
setting dramatic seaside location ⓘ
usedAs summer residence ⓘ
viewing visible from surrounding roads and coastline ⓘ

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Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland → near → Classiebawn Castle ⓘ
Barony of Carbury → containsHistoricSite → Classiebawn Castle ⓘ
Mullaghmore Head → locatedNear → Classiebawn Castle ⓘ
Wilfrid William Ashley, 1st Baron Mount Temple → residence → Classiebawn Castle, County Sligo ⓘ
linked to: Classiebawn Castle