Costelloe Lodge
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protected structure (Galway County Council RPS #734)[1] | |
Costelloe Lodge is an early 20th century building in
protected structure
.
History and architecture
RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic. The ship struck an iceberg and sank, with the loss of 1,514 passengers and crew. Ismay took a place in the last lifeboat to leave the ship, an act that led to severe public criticism.[2] Ismay was largely ostracised from society after his rescue from the Titanic, and spent much of his time at Costelloe until his death in 1937.[a][3] He had bought the original fishing lodge at Casla in 1913 and, a keen angler himself, visited frequently. In 1922 the lodge was burnt out in an arson attack by the IRA and Ismay commissioned Lutyens to rebuild it.[4][5]
Lutyens had established himself as one of England's leading architects of
The rebuilding of Costelloe was completed by 1925 and the house is designed in Lutyens’ trademark
Notes
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography makes clear that he did not become a recluse.[2]
- ^ Lutyens’ Cenotaph on Whitehall in London has become Britain’s national memorial. In a letter of thanks written after its unveiling, the then Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, described it as, “a national shrine, not only for the British Isles but for the whole Empire”.[7]
- ^ Neither Christopher Hussey’s official biography, The Life of Sir Edwin Lutyens,[9] nor the catalogue for the 1982 exhibition at the Hayward Gallery which did much to restore Lutyens’ reputation, make mention of the lodge.[10]
References
- ^ a b "Galway County Development Plan 2009-2015 - Record of Protected Structures" (PDF). Galway County Council. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ a b Read, J. Gordon (24 May 2012). "Ismay, Joseph Bruce (1862–1937), shipowner". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- ^ Boland, Rosita (7 April 2012). "To hell or to Connacht: White Star's chairman". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Lutyens's Commissions in Ireland". The Lutyens Trust. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "After the Titanic sank, the ship's owner hid away in Ireland". Irish Central. 29 April 2021.
- ^ Muthesius 1979, p. 55.
- ^ Hussey 1989, p. 394.
- ^ Amery, Richardson & Stamp 1981, p. 8.
- ^ Hussey 1989, index.
- ^ Amery, Richardson & Stamp 1981, p. 196.
- ^ "Costelloe Lodge". Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ Buckley, Donal (12 April 2013). "Titanic sale as home of liner's boss is auctioned". Independent.ie.
- ^ "Costelloe Lodge, Derrynea, Galway". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
Sources
- Amery, Colin; Richardson, Margaret; ISBN 978-0-728-70303-2.
- ISBN 978-0-907-46259-0.
- ISBN 978-0-258-97101-7.