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Malahide Castle

Malahide Castle lies nine miles (14 km) north of Dublin in Ireland. The estate began in 1185, when Richard Talbot, the knight who accompanied Henry II to Ireland in 1174, was granted the "lands and harbour of Malahide". The oldest parts of the castle date back to the 12th century but the towers were added only in 1765. It was home to the Talbot family for 791 years, from 1185 until 1976.

The estate survived such losses as the Battle of the Boyne, when fourteen members of the family sat down to breakfast in the Great Hall, and all were dead by evening.

In the 1920s the private papers of James Boswell, the famous Irish writer, were discovered in the castle, and sold to American collector Ralph H. Isham by Boswell's great-great-grandson Lord Talbot de Malahide. In 1975the castle was sold to the Irish State, partly to fund inheritance taxes. The castle's best-known rooms are the Oak Room and the Great Hall, which displays Talbot family history.

The most visible history of the Talbot family is reflected by the Great Hall, which is decorated with portraits depicting the generations of this family, relating their own story about Ireland’s glorious history.

The Oak Room is one of the castle's most notable rooms. The exquisite carved panels depict scenes from the Old Testament including Adam and Eve, The Temptation and The Expulsion.

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Every castle or medieval house has its own ghost, while the Malahide Castle has five ghosts.

The first one was Sir Walter who was killed in a battle just on his wedding day in the 15th century.

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