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Slane Castle (Irish: Cáisleán Bhaile Shláine) is located in the village of Slane, within the Boyne Valley of County Meath, Ireland. The castle has been the family seat of the Conyngham family since it was built in the late 18th century, on land first purchased in 1703 by Brig.-Gen. Henry Conyngham .
Simon Fleming (died 1370) is the first Baron Slane whose holding of the title can be conclusively established.. Slane Castle, Co. Meath, Ireland. Fleming was a descendant of Archembald le Fleming of Bratton Fleming, Devon, who was alive in 1087.
Slane (Irish: Baile Shláine, meaning 'Town of Sláine mac Dela') [2] is a village in County Meath, in Ireland.The village stands on a steep hillside on the left bank of the River Boyne at the intersection of the N2 (Dublin to Monaghan road) and the N51 (Drogheda to Navan road).
David Fleming, 5th Baron Slane (died 1463), younger son by his second wife Elizabeth Wogan (daughter of John Wogan of Rathcoffey Castle) of Christopher Fleming, 3rd Baron Slane (died 1446), thus uncle of the half-blood to Christopher Fleming, 4th Baron Slane (died 1457). Thomas Fleming, 6th Baron Slane (died 1470), only son, died without issue.
Castletown house was a milestone in Irish architecture, designed originally by the Italian Alessandro Galilei, circa 1717, in the manner of an Italian town palazzo, for Ireland's most influential man, the politician Speaker William Conolly, it set a new standard and fashion in Irish architecture. The original architect had returned to Italy ...
The Slane Festival (often referred to as Slane) is a recurring concert held most years since 1981 on the grounds of Slane Castle on the outskirts of Slane in County Meath, Ireland. The castle is owned by The 8th Marquess Conyngham , who was known by the courtesy title the Earl of Mount Charles from 1974 until 2009.
In the grounds of Slane Castle are the ruins of St. Erc's Hermitage. This consists of a late fifteenth or early sixteenth century chapel and an earlier dwelling. [ 9 ] The 12th century martyrology of Gorman called him: "Erc of Slane, bishop of Lilcach and from Ferta Fer Feic beside Sid Truim from the West" ( Ferta Fear Fiac means "the Graves of ...
In Venice, Wyatt studied with Antonio Visentini (1688–1782) as an architectural draughtsman and painter. In Rome he made measured drawings of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica , "being under the necessity of lying on his back on a ladder slung horizontally, without cradle or side-rail, over a frightful void of 300 feet".