Ireland's Great Places - Malahide Castle

This the Malahide Castle, Fingal Ireland (Outside of Dublin) Malahide is a 12th century castle and one of Ireland’s oldest. Malahide Castle is very unique in Ireland because the Talbot family managed to keep control of the castle for 791 years. Malahide, which means "on the brow of the sea”, is a village nine miles north of Dublin. The castle is close to the village and is built on a small hill, which has a view of the bay. Recent excavations in the area of Malahide have revealed traces of a settlement historians are dating back to 6000BC. I seriously doubt this because we have only been able to date Egypt back to approx 4000BC. Anything older has no writing system, only tools made from the environment, and you can't carbon date rocks.

Malahide Castle was the seat of Lord Talbot de Malahide and until 1973 was one of the oldest inhabited baronial castles in Ireland. The Talbot family began their reign in 1185. Except for a short interlude, 1649 to 1660, while Cromwell marched through Ireland, the castle was home to Miles Corbett. The lands and harbor of Malahide were granted to Richard Talbot in 1185, one of the knights who arrived in Ireland with King Henry II in 1174. The castle belonged to the Talbot family from 1185 to 1976 when it was sold to Dublin County Council. The last heir of the Talbot family moved to Australia and sold the castle because she couldn't afford the inheritance tax. About Ghosts, There are multiple supernatural manifestations and apparitions associated with Malahide Castle, but most are poorly documented. Since Malahide is the oldest inhabited Castle in Ireland, it has its fair share of specters