{"id":6773,"date":"2016-12-20T14:12:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T14:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castletown.ie\/introduction-to-the-collection\/"},"modified":"2017-06-12T12:29:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T11:29:53","slug":"introduction-to-the-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/castletown.ie\/ga\/introduction-to-the-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u00e9amheolas faoin mBaili\u00fach\u00e1n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=&#8221;Fullwidth Header&#8221; title=&#8221;R\u00e9amheolas faoin mBaili\u00fach\u00e1n&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; header_fullscreen=&#8221;on&#8221; header_scroll_down=&#8221;on&#8221; background_url=&#8221;http:\/\/castletown.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/7-Castletown-House.-Country-Life-Picture-Library.jpg&#8221; background_overlay_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.33)&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; content_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; image_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; custom_button_one=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_one_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_one_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_one_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_button_two=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_two_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_two_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_two_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; scroll_down_icon=&#8221;%%0%%&#8221; scroll_down_icon_size=&#8221;25px&#8221; subhead=&#8221;Seoda Fillte agus ar F\u00e1n&#8221; subhead_font_size=&#8221;23px&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Castletown, in the words of Kevin B. Nowlan, former Professor of Modern History, is an Italian palace set on the banks of the River Liffey.&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4> Is \u00e9 at\u00e1 i mBaile an Chaisle\u00e1in, dar le Kevin B. Nowlan, iar-Ollamh le Nua-Stair, n\u00e1 P\u00e1las Iod\u00e1lach ar bhruach na Life.<\/h4>\n<p>Nuair a bh\u00ed an teach \u00e1 th\u00f3g\u00e1il, bhraith tr\u00e1chtair\u00ed na linne go mbeadh s\u00e9 ina eiseaml\u00e1ir don R\u00edocht agus an saibhreas ar fad a bh\u00ed le f\u00e1il inti. N\u00ed hamh\u00e1in go bhfuil s\u00e9 ar cheann de na tithe is bre\u00e1tha in \u00c9irinn ach t\u00e1 an chuid is fearr de throsc\u00e1n agus d\u2019obair eala\u00edne le feice\u00e1il ann \u2013 cuid acu ann \u00f3n ocht\u00fa haois d\u00e9ag. Is iontach an rud \u00e9 sin n\u00f3 fuarthas r\u00e9idh le cuid mhaith d\u2019inneachar an t\u00ed ar cheantanna \u00e9ags\u00fala i gcaitheamh na mblianta. Lean an ceann ba mh\u00f3 d\u00edobh sin ar aghaidh ar feadh tr\u00ed l\u00e1 i mBaile an Chaisle\u00e1in i m\u00ed Aibre\u00e1in 1966. Is l\u00e9ir, mar sin, c\u00e9n f\u00e1th ar caitheadh an oiread sin dua le caomhn\u00fa agus athch\u00f3iri\u00fa Bhaile an Chaisle\u00e1in nuair a cheannaigh an tUasal Desmond Guinness \u00e9 in 1967 agus nuair a d\u2019oscail s\u00e9 don phobal ina dhiaidh sin \u00e9 le cabhair \u00f3 Chumann Seoirseach na h\u00c9ireann. Bh\u00ed s\u00e9 f\u00e9in in ann teacht ar roinnt mhaith d\u2019inneachar bunaidh an t\u00ed \u00f3n Tiarna Conolly-Carew sular cuireadh ar ceant iad. San \u00e1ireamh leo sin bh\u00ed portr\u00e1id\u00ed t\u00e1bhachtacha teaghlaigh, dealbha, trosc\u00e1n agus foireann de choinnleoir\u00ed craobhacha d\u00e9anta as gloine Murano. I gcaitheamh na mblianta bh\u00ed daoine eile s\u00e1sta ruda\u00ed eile a bhronnadh ar an teach n\u00f3 a chur ar f\u00e1il ar iasacht \u2013 rud a chuir go m\u00f3r leis an gcnuasach at\u00e1 le feice\u00e1il ann sa l\u00e1 at\u00e1 inniu ann. Tugtar aitheantas don fh\u00e9ile sin sa teach f\u00e9in agus sa chatal\u00f3g \u2018Castletown: Decorative Arts\u2019 a foils\u00edodh in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Is le Fond\u00faireacht Bhaile an Chaisle\u00e1in an chuid is m\u00f3 de na hearra\u00ed sa chnuasach. Idir 1979 agus 1994 ba le Fond\u00faireacht Bhaile an Chaisle\u00e1in an teach f\u00e9in agus is iad a bh\u00ed freagrach as a bhainisti\u00fa. Nuair a ghlac an st\u00e1t le seilbh an t\u00ed, tugadh an cnuasach d\u2019Oifig na nOibreacha Poibl\u00ed (OOP) ar iasacht fhadt\u00e9armach. Le sc\u00f3r bliana anuas t\u00e1 an Fhond\u00faireacht agus an OOP ag obair as l\u00e1mh a ch\u00e9ile ar an teach. Le ch\u00e9ile, d\u2019\u00e9irigh leo teacht ar a thuilleadh \u00e1bhair don chnuasach. Cheannaigh siad cuid den \u00e1bhar sin agus fuair siad cuid eile ar iasacht. In 2014, mar shampla, d\u2019aimsigh an OOP p\u00e9ire bre\u00e1 de chaibin\u00e9id Fhrancacha a rinneadh don Bhantiarna Louisa Conolly. Cheannaigh siad iad, thug siad ar ais go h\u00c9irinn iad, agus t\u00e1 siad anois sa Pharl\u00fas Dearg, \u00e1it a mb\u00edd\u00eds na blianta fada \u00f3 shin.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_divider admin_label=&#8221;Divider&#8221; color=&#8221;#494949&#8243; show_divider=&#8221;on&#8221; divider_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; divider_position=&#8221;top&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_divider admin_label=&#8221;Divider&#8221; color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; show_divider=&#8221;off&#8221; height=&#8221;20&#8243; divider_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; divider_position=&#8221;top&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; \/][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Accreditation Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, bhain Teach Bhaile an Chaisle\u00e1in creidi\u00fan\u00fa ioml\u00e1n amach sa Chl\u00e1r um Chaighde\u00e1in M\u00fasaem in \u00c9irinn, cl\u00e1r at\u00e1 \u00e1 re\u00e1cht\u00e1il ag an gComhairle Oidhreachta. Athdheimhn\u00edodh an creidi\u00fan\u00fa sin in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_image admin_label=&#8221;MSPI Logo&#8221; src=&#8221;http:\/\/ds1.opw.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/MSPI_LONG_fullcol.jpg&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;off&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; use_overlay=&#8221;off&#8221; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Photo Gallery&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6773 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/castletown.ie\/ga\/introduction-to-the-collection\/n12201\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/castletown.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Castletown-House-2012-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5579\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5579'>\n\t\t\t\tMuseum Standards Programme for Ireland award in 2012. Nick Bradshaw. OPW.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/castletown.ie\/ga\/introduction-to-the-collection\/castletown-house-2016_receiving-the-award-on-behalf-of-castletown-are-commissioner-john-mcmahon-and-head-guide-claire-hickey\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/castletown.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Castletown-House-2016_Receiving-the-award-on-behalf-of-Castletown-are-Commissioner-John-McMahon-and-Head-Guide-Claire-Hickey-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5580\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5580'>\n\t\t\t\tReceiving the MSPI award in 2016 on behalf of Castletown are Commissioner John McMahon and Head Guide Claire Hickey. 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