Ashford Castle

Ashford Castle er en middelalder- og viktoriansk borg, der er blevet udvidet og ombygget over flere århundreder, og som i dag er et femstjerne luksushotel. Det ligger nær Cong på grænsen mellem County Mayo og County Galway, på Galway-siden af Lough Corrib, Irland. Det er medlem af organisationen Red Carnation Hotels og det var tidligere ejet af Guinness-familien.

Den oprindelige fæstning blev opført i 1128 af den anelnormanniske Huset Burke.^[1]

Ejendommen blev købt i 1852 af Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness fra Encumbered Estates' Court.^[2] Han udvidede bygningen med to store fløje i viktoriansk stil.^[1] Ejendommen gik i arv til Ernest Guinness^[3] der solgte det i til Noel Huggard i 1939,^[2] og Huggard ombyggede den til hotel.

Siden har en lang række kendte gæster inklusive Prinsen af Wales (senere kong George 5. af Storbritannien) og hans konsort, den fremtidige Queen Mary; John Lennon; George Harrison; Oscar Wilde (whose father, Sir William Wilde, havde en ejendom der stødte op til Ashford, hvor han tilbagte en stor del af sin barndom); præsident Ronald Reagan; Prins Edward af Storbritannien; den amerikanske senator Ted Kennedy; John Wayne; Maureen O'Hara; Robin Williams; Brad Pitt; Pierce Brosnan, Rainier 3. af Monaco og hans konsort prinsesse Grace. Golfspilleren Rory McIlroy blev gift med Erica Stoll på slottet i 2017.^[4]

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Koordinater: 53°32′05″N 9°17′02″V / 53.5347°N 9.2839°V / 53.5347; -9.2839