Cashel House, (stuck in album) 1922.
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Cashel House was built 1850 (or poss. 1840), on Cashel Bay.
It was bought by my grandmother's father James O'Mara
as summer home, Aug 1919,
NOT bought 1921
(see [Lavelle, 1961],
also it was raided 1920,
also photos dated 1920).
James had noticed it earlier while at
Barfield -
a photo of it exists in the family 1918 but
not living there yet.
James liked it partly because his wife's name was Cashel
(no connection).
When the O'Mara's were there, it was raided by British
in War of Independence,
Apr 1920,
the Conacher twins
died there 1922,
my grandfather Dick Humphreys courted my grandmother there
(they married 1929),
house had gardens (O'Maras laid out most of the garden),
tennis and croquet lawns,
and
its own boathouse and private harbour for boating on Cashel Bay
(deep sea fishing, cultivation of oysters).
James O'Mara died 1948,
his family sold the house 1952 (or poss. 1951).
There is a leaflet
(and p.2)
putting the house up for sale,
price £15,000
(about £1m in
today's money),
but directing queries to James O'Mara at
The Grove, Killiney.
Perhaps he was organising the sale before he died,
but it didn't go through?
Cashel House purchased by Dermot and Kay McEvilly, 1967,
opened as luxury
"Cashel House Hotel" 1968.
The French wartime leader
Charles de Gaulle
and his wife
spent holiday there, summer 1969
(just before he died).
The McEvillys still run it as "Cashel House Hotel" today.
They have added a tasteful extension at back.
See [Irish Country Houses].
See BROWNE-CLAYTON in
[Burkes Irish, 1976].
Cashel House, (stuck in album) 1922.
Cashel House, the gardens, think c.1922.
Cashel House, prob. c.1930.
Cashel House.
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and original.
Cashel House.
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and original.
Cashel House, c.1940.
Cashel House, think c.1947.
Cashel House, think c.1947.
Cashel House for sale, leaflet, think c.1948.
See alternative
and full size
and original.
And p.2 of leaflet.
Cashel House, c.1965-6.
Cashel House, c.1970s.
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and original.
Cashel House, c.2005.
See full size.
Bitmap from Cashel House Hotel.
Used with permission.
Cashel House, c.2005.
Bitmap from Cashel House Hotel.
Used with permission.
Cashel House, c.2005.
Bitmap from Cashel House Hotel.
Used with permission.
Cashel House.
Bitmap from Cashel House Hotel.
Used with permission.
Cashel House, c.2005.
Bitmap from Cashel House Hotel.
Used with permission.
Cashel House, c.2005.
Bitmap from Cashel House Hotel.
Used with permission.
Cashel House, c.2005.
Bitmap from Cashel House Hotel.
Used with permission.
Cashel House.
Light adjusted digitally. See original.
Photo 2006, courtesy of Richard Humphreys.
Cashel House.
Light adjusted digitally. See full size
and original.
Photo 2006, courtesy of Richard Humphreys.
Cashel House.
Light adjusted digitally. See full size
and original.
Photo 2006, courtesy of Richard Humphreys.
Plaque commemorating the de Gaulle visit, Cashel House.
Bitmap from Cashel House Hotel.
Used with permission.
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