In all its glory…
White Castle In The Sky
We explore Greystones' forgotten kiln fields
Try as we might though , we couldn’t find out the why, the when, the how or the who about this long-gone building
And then, of course, young Gary Paine brought out Vol 8 of
And just to complicate matters further, this was also the site for a lime kiln,
Talking of kick-ass, on to that incredible
Jubilee Castle/Rosetta Fort was build for Dublin barrister Thomas Hewson, on the former site of the lime kiln, in 1897, the year of Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee, from which it derived its name. In a May 1902 legal battle, Thomas Hewson was unsuccessful in seeking an injunction to restrain the La
Thomas Hewson subsequently moved to Burlington House on
Thanking you, Gary. Over the ensuing years, the house was lived in by various characters, including a Mrs Hungerford, who liked to take her non-walking small dog out around the town in a pram, often leaving her beloved mutt up to his neck in a baby blanket as she left him outside shops and cafes. When
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