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1. www.jstor.org › stable › pdfGORMANSTON CASTLE, as those who have visited it

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   Gormanston must have housed many an old book and record in its more prosperous days. Three ancient records survive, which throw light on the history of its owners and the part they played in the political life of this country. Of these the most famous is the Gormanston Register, which is still in the custody of the Preston family.

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3. www.patrickcomerford.com › 2016 › 10An insight into how Gormanston Castle has - Patrick Comerford

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   Oct 4, 2016 · Gormanston Castle remained the seat of the Preston family until 1947.The writer Evelyn Waugh, author of Brideshead Revisited, planned to buy the castle until he read in the Evening Mail of Billy Butlin’s plans to build a holiday resort at the nearby beach at Mosney.

4. theirishaesthete.com › 2015/02/09 › an-appalling-vistaAn Appalling Vista - The Irish Aesthete

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   Feb 9, 2015 · He may simply have been a draughtsman since the design of Whitewood has for long been attributed to Richard Castle, based on similarities with other houses from his practice, and to certain stylistic traits it shares with the likes of Gormanston Castle and Hazelwood, County Sligo.

5. www.patrickcomerford.com › 2019 › 11Patrick Comerford: The Southwell family and its memorials in ...

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   Nov 30, 2019 · The Ordnance Survey Field Name Book records Castlematrix as a large two-storey house, with a new castle six storeys high adjoining. John S Brown was Lord Southwell’s tenant in Castle Matrix. In the mid-19th century, the buildings including the flour mills, valued at £90.

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gormanston,_County_MeathGormanston, County Meath - Wikipedia

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   The current holder of the title is the 17th Viscount Gormanston, who resides in London. Elizabeth Gorman, painter, lived here. The family sold the castle in the 1950s, when it was acquired by the Franciscan Order of Friars who then established a boarding school for boys in the grounds, known as Gormanston College. [6]

7. www.patrickcomerford.com › 2009 › 04Catching up with old school friends - Patrick Comerford

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   The Preston family, who built Gormanston Castle in 1786, have held the title of Viscounts Gormanston since the 14th century. According to local tradition, the foxes of Co Meath gather in the castle precincts when a member of the Preston family is about to die.

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   Who lived in Gormanston Castle?

   • Elizabeth Gorman, painter, lived here. The family sold the castle in the 1950s, when it was acquired by the Franciscan Order of Friars who then established a boarding school for boys in the grounds, known as Gormanston College.

   Gormanston, County Meath - Wikipedia

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   Who owns Gormanston Castle?

   • Gormanston Castle was, from the 14th century to the 1950s, the seat of the Preston family, who managed to hold on to their estate lands through the centuries despite being staunch Catholics. The head of the family is known as Viscount Gormanston, premier Viscount of Ireland.

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   Where did the Franciscans live in Gormanston?

   • The Franciscans have been in Gormanston since 1947, when they purchased Gormanston Castle, the ancestral home of the Preston Family since ca 1300. In 1954 a Preparatory School for the College in Multyfarnham was opened in the Castle.

   Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: Gormanston Castle - Blogger

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   Where did Lord Gormanston live?

   • As a result, the family returned to live in Meath where the main residence was Gormanston Castle. By the second quarter of the 18th century their position was sufficiently secure and their income sufficiently great for the tenth Lord Gormanston to build himself a hunting lodge in another part of the county at Whitewood.

   An Appalling Vista « The Irish Aesthete

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   When was Gormanston Castle built?

   • At the beginning of the 19th century, the 12th Viscount rebuilt the house in the Gothic-Revival style. Gormanston Castle is an impressive castellated building with a quadrangular plan with a tower at each corner except the north-west corner. The main building is three storeys.

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   Is Gormanston Castle still a boarding school?

   • The family sold the castle in the 1950s, when it was acquired by the Franciscan Order of Friars who then established a boarding school for boys in the grounds, known as Gormanston College. Since 2015, the school has been managed by Meath VEC under Franciscan trusteeship and is now largely a day school although there are still 70 boarders.

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9. lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com › 2014Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: Gormanston Castle - Blogger

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   Aug 8, 2022 · He was succeeded by his only son, JENICO NICHOLAS DUDLEY, 17th Viscount (1939-), who is married with issue and lives in London. The Viscounts Gormanston are the premier viscounts of Ireland. GORMANSTON CASTLE, Balbriggan, County Meath, is situated near Drogheda, about sixteen miles north of Dublin.