quintessentially romantic and pleasantly remote castle. I have
had the pleasure of being Suzy���s guest.
Deborah Mitford, the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire (Lord
Burlington���s grandmother) in her captivating, must-read memoir, Wait For Me! writes:
The first sight of Lismore Castle as you come over the
Knockmealdown Mountains in County Waterford
makes your jaw drop. A place of mystery and romance,
the huge grey castle���half giant, half fairy���rises from
the rocks above the banks of the River Blackwater.
���Built by King John, lived in by Sir Walter Raleigh
and plumbed by Adele Astaire, it looks like a castle out
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