Friday, 27 September 2013

Trip to castletown house

 On the 12th of September all of TY went to castletown house, which is a Palladian country house in Celbridge. I've lived so close to castletown house all my life, but I had never taken a tour. It was the day after i got my results, so I was wrecked after celebrating.
   We got the bus down to castletown and we were met by our guide in the old stable house, and she brought us into the front hall. This is where guests would have been greeted. It was decorated with statues and paintings, and the plasterwork on the walls was amazing. We then went into the dining room where apparently the devil played cards with William Connolly, the owner of the house.( a story that seems to be associated with every old house in Ireland.
  The tour was really interesting and I'm really glad I went.
My year outside castletown house.

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