Howth Castle

N side of Howth peninsula, N Dublin Bay.
For geography and rivers of locality see [Sweeney, 1991].

Howth Castle.
Photo 2007. Light adjusted digitally.
See larger and full size and original.

Howth Castle was originally built 1464 (would be around time of 1st Baron Howth),
rebuilt by 7th (20th) Baron Howth late 1500s.
Title extinct 1909.

Howth Castle survives,
still in the family (through female line) after 800 years, making this possibly the oldest family home in Ireland.
The castle is not open to the public, but the grounds are.
The castle is quite an extended complex of interlinked buildings, of different ages, on the way in to the golf course.
The National Transport Museum of Ireland is in the grounds.
See [Irish Country Houses].

Howth Castle.
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The S part of the front (E side)

The SE corner.
Photo 2007. Light adjusted digitally. See full size and original.

The front (E side)

The front (E side).
Photo 2007. Light adjusted digitally. See full size and original.

The N part of the front (E side)

The old tower on the front (E side).
Photo 2007. Light adjusted digitally. See full size and original.
See similar shot. Light adjusted digitally. See original.

The N side

The N side.
Photo 2007. Light adjusted digitally. See full size and original.
See close-up of NE corner and close-up of N door.

View from NW side.
Photo 2007. Light adjusted digitally. See full size and original.

The N gate

The gate of Howth Castle.
Photo 2007. Light adjusted digitally. See full size and original.

Movies

The front (E side).
Pan from right to left.
Light adjusted. See original movie (dark):

The N side.
Pan from left to right.

"riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs."
- Opening lines of Joyce's Finnegans Wake.

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