Koyaushe Ƙofar Bude, Amma Ba a Gudu Ga Mutane ba
Howth Castle wani wuri ne mai mahimmanci, musamman saboda dandalinsa na yau da kullum na wani abu kamar "genteel decay", wanda ya gabatar da kansa ga baƙo. Duk da haka mai baƙo mai ban sha'awa zuwa maras kyau na Howth, wani yanki ne a arewacin Dublin Bay , na iya zama uzuri don rashin kuskuren ganin yadda Château Château ya kasance. Saboda ma'anar (asalin) gini na yau da kullum ba a ba da takardar izini ba, kuma ba a wanzuwar kasancewarsa ba a hanya.
Duk wannan yana iya kasancewa saboda gaskiyar cewa ɗakin har yanzu yana da gidan zama mai zaman kansa kuma ba a buɗe wa jama'a ba.
A gefe guda kuma, Howth Castle ya lura da wata "hanyar bude kofar budewa" don ƙarni. Saboda wani ɗan fashin teku sarauniya na taimakawa sosai. Saboda haka, ka tashi da kullun kuma ka sami gawk mai kyau a waje a kalla, wani nau'i mai juyawa.
A Kwanan Tarihi na Kayan Kaya
A shekara ta 1180 aka bai wa dangin St. Lawrence sunan Ubangiji na Howth - kuma nan da nan ya kafa game da gina ginin a can. Alal, wannan ba abin da muke gani a yau ba: Almeric, ubangiji na farko, ya gina katako na katako a kan Dutse Hill, yana kallon Balscadden Bay. Wani ƙarni ko biyu daga baya sai iyalin suka motsa. Wani littafi ya rubuta cewa a kusa da 1235 wani gini ya gina, wannan ya kasance a kan shafin yanar gizon Howth, amma har yanzu an gina shi cikin itace.
Stone ya zo daga bisani, amma zane-zane yana da haɗari a nan.
Koda yake, ana iya cewa an gina ɗakunan mafi girma na zamanin Howth a tsakiyar tsakiyar karni na goma sha biyar. A matsayin ƙarfin kaya, tare da zama mai dadi kamar kusan bayan lokaci.
A bayyane yake cewa ba zai yi a mafi yawan lokuta masu tsabta ba. Ta yaya aka sake gina Ƙasar da aka gyara kuma sau da yawa an canza shi kuma ya canza shi daga ƙarni na gaba.
A shekara ta 1738 lokacin da gidan ya sami mafi yawan bayyanar yanzu. Daga nan a shekarar 1911, mashawarcin masanin Ingila Sir Edwin Lutyens ya yi tasiri tare da sake gyara da shimfida tsarin. Yawancin gyare-gyare har yanzu ana iya ganowa a yau, kuma yana da sauƙin yiwuwar ƙara yawan layout na ainihi. Wannan yana ba da cikakken fahimtar irin yadda gidajen tarihi suka samo asali a Ireland a cikin ƙarni.
Ta yaya Castle a yau
Ta yaya Castle har yanzu gidan zama ne na gidan Gaisford-St Lawrence, zuriyar Almeric St Lawrence, kuma ba a bude wa jama'a ba. Kullum magana, kodayake shafin yanar gizon yana ba da cikakkun bayanai game da yadda za a shirya wani ziyara (ko ma ya haya manyan dakuna don abubuwan da suka faru).
Aikin kwanan nan ita ce "Kitchen a cikin Castle Cookery School", wanda ke amfani da asali (amma duk da haka sake gyara) Gidan Georgian don yawancin darussan kayan dafa da zanga-zanga.
Har ila yau a cikin filayen, ta amfani da wasu gine-gine na gine-gine a bayan kantin, ita ce Museum of Museum of Ireland.
Duk da haka, lambunan da aka tanadar da gonaki, sun kasance sun lalace sosai don samun damar dakin Deer Park da filin golf. Har yanzu akwai lambuna na rhododendron (bude wa jama'a a lokacin rani), da kuma wasu daga cikin tsofaffin shinge, wanda aka dasa a farkon karni na 18.
Labarin Ƙofar Dole
Maganar ya gaya mana game da hadisai guda biyu da aka haɗa da Howth Castle, dukansu biyu sun samo asali ne a wani ziyara mai ban sha'awa ta hanyar "Sarauniya" Gráinne O'Malley a shekara ta 1576. Ta so ta biya ziyara mai kyau zuwa Baron Howth, amma an gaya masa cewa da iyalin ya kasance a abincin dare, kuma ta haka ne ƙananan ƙofofi sun kasance a rufe. Da yake jin tsoro game da irin wannan mummunan hali, Gráinne ya sace dan jikan da magada.
An saki shi ne kawai a kan yanayin da za a bude ƙofofin ƙofar gari ga baƙi da ba zato ba tsammani - kuma dole ne a kafa wani wuri a kowane abinci, kamar dai yadda yake. An ce masu zama na Howth Castle suna girmama wannan a yau, hakika suna iya shiga (amma ba a cikin) ba. Ban tabbata ba game da karin farantin, ko da yake.
Ta yaya Castle a (Popular) Al'adu
Babu shakka wata dangantaka Dublin Joycean za a samu a nan - littafin Finnegans Wake (1939) an saita shi a "Howth Castle da Environs", ma'anar ma'anar Dublin a gaba ɗaya.
Ya fara zuwa wannan sakamako (HCE) kuma yana nuna sau da yawa a cikin littafin. Mafi mahimmanci (da zarar ka san shi) a cikin sunan babban halayen, ɗayan Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker.
Mai yiwuwa fim din aficionados na iya sanin yadda Castle ya kasance cikin wani mahallin - an yi amfani da shi "Castle Haloran". Wani wuri na rubutu a cikin fim din B3 "Batu na 13" (madadin da ake kira "Haunted da Hunted"), aikin Roger Corman da Francis Ford Coppola. Ba zan bayar da shawarar ziyartar Wakilin Chiti ba a cikin duhu bayan kallon fim din ...
Ziyartar Citrus Howth
Kamar yadda aka fada a baya, yadda ba a bude Ƙasar Castle ga baƙi ba. Amma baƙi suna samun dama zuwa sassa na filaye kuma suna iya kallon waje a cikin gidan kaso - ba dole ba ne "dole ne su gani" a lokacin da suka ziyarci Ireland, amma mai dadi idan kana ziyarci Howth.
Babu wasu ka'idodin da za a lura da su, kawai a kan tudu daga babban hanya (idan kuna fitowa daga Sutton dole ku dauki dama kafin Wayth Rail Station), bayan bin alamun Deer Park Hotel. Kayan zai kai ku ta hanyar ƙananan ƙofofi (bude, kamar yadda al'adun) suka kasance kuma bayan wasu mintuna dari Tsarin Castle zai kasance a hannun dama. Park a wuri mai kyau da kuma gano a ƙafa.
Kuma kayi la'akari da alamun da za a ƙuntata shigarwa - bayan haka, ba za ku so mutanen da suke shiga gidan ku ba, kuna so?
Howth Castle Essentials
- Yanar Gizo: howthcastle.com
- Jagora: Ta yaya Castle ya kasance mai jin kunyar Howth Harbour, hanya mafi sauƙi ta R105 daga Sutton da shiga cikin duniyar a cikin alamu ga Deer Park (Golf da Hotel). Akwai filin ajiye motoci a fadar gini da Masaukin Ƙasar Gida. Babu sauran wurare da aka ba wa baƙi.
- Gano na Harkokin Gida: Ta yaya Rail Station (karshen aikin DART ) da Dublin Bus suna tsayawa kusa da ƙofar Demesne.