When he passes through Sligo on Wednesday, it won't be "bare Ben Bulben's head" that will catch the imagination of the Prince of Wales, but the long, icy shadow cast by Classiebawn Castle and the ...

Mountbatten's residence: The late Earl Mountbatten offered his Irish residence, Classiebawn Castle in Co Sligo, to the Irish nation four years before he was killed by a Provisional IRA bomb. State ...