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For an earlier wave, it was a fine hotel, with views right over Ballygannon and the South Beach, and a driveway long enough to
Not that such indulgences stopped Lizzie from leading a remarkable life, becoming an explorer, a mountaineer, a pioneering photographer, and much else besides. It was whilst stepping out in London that the 18-year-old Lizzie met and quickly married Captain Fred Burnaby, an intrepid adventurer and best-selling author who just about the most eligible bachelor in England at the time.
But, hey, we’re here to talk about the house, not the occupants – you can explore Lizzie’s remarkable story here, and Fred’s here – and it was in August
Today, the land Killincarrick House once stood on is home to the

Woodlands Hotel 1960s. Source: Colin Acton
or a certain generation of Greystonians, it was where you went to find
true lust, dance to the latest sounds and, just maybe, if you were lucky, sink the black.
For an earlier wave, it was a fine hotel, with views right over Ballygannon and the South Beach, and a driveway long enough to
have a picnic on.
Jump back even further though, to the 1860s, and Killincarrick House was built for the Hawkins-Whitshed family, who had decided that their original Killincarrick House – now Greystones Golf Club – just wasn’t quite grand enough, and nowhere near close enough to the sea and what was then known as Delgany Station.
It was at the tender age of 11 that Elizabeth Alice Frances Hawkins-Whitshed inherited the family fortune, following the death of her father, St Vincent, and her grieving mother was more than happy to indulge their only daughter, especially given her own ‘stern upbringing’.
Years later, Lizzie would express regret over just how much she was indulged as a child – such as skipping out on her governess’ classes with ease – stating, that she ‘had only to imagine a headache in order to be sent out into the garden’.

Clyde Hotel, later Woodlands
or a certain generation of Greystonians, it was where you went to find
true lust, dance to the latest sounds and, just maybe, if you were lucky, sink the black.
have a picnic on.
It was at the tender age of 11 that Elizabeth Alice Frances Hawkins-Whitshed inherited the family fortune, following the death of her father, St Vincent, and her grieving mother was more than happy to indulge their only daughter, especially given her own ‘stern upbringing’. 

1909 that The Irish Times announced that an ‘important and interesting sale‘ of ‘valuable furniture, outdoor effects‘ would take place at Killincarrick House. Lizzie Hawkins-Whitshed having decided to make her future home in England, Killincarrick House would now become largely a commercial concern.
Woodlands estate, just a stone’s throw from the Park & Ride. Which, when you come to think of it, would have been a much better name for the nightclub.