{"id":828,"date":"2013-11-21T06:39:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T13:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/?p=828"},"modified":"2013-11-21T06:39:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T13:39:22","slug":"mountbatten-yeats-and-seaweed-baths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/?p=828","title":{"rendered":"Mountbatten, Yeats and seaweed baths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leaving the Ti Linn cafe after retrieving Rob and Kristinia, we headed to a point overlooking the ocean from where we could see the Mountbatten estate, Classiebawn, in the distance. In addition to the view of the estate\u00c2\u00a0in the distance, there were lovely sea views from this vantage point. \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sligoheritage.com\/archmbatten.htm\">http:\/\/www.sligoheritage.com\/archmbatten.htm<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/historic_figures\/mountbatten_lord_louis.shtml\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/historic_figures\/mountbatten_lord_louis.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dickie\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mountbatten didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have very good control of his wife. Edwina was what would be called a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153loose woman.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-1216186\/The-shocking-love-triangle-Lord-Mountbatten-wife-founder-modern-India.html\">http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-1216186\/The-shocking-love-triangle-Lord-Mountbatten-wife-founder-modern-India.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2241195\/How-wild-promiscuity-Edwina-Mountbatten--wife-Prince-Charles-mentor--took-heartbreaking-toll-children.html\">http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2241195\/How-wild-promiscuity-Edwina-Mountbatten&#8211;wife-Prince-Charles-mentor&#8211;took-heartbreaking-toll-children.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ok, enough salacious reporting. \u00c2\u00a0The owners of Classiebawn, the Mountbatten estate treated the Irish pretty much like all the other English overlords. \u00c2\u00a0Mountbatten obtained the property by marrying Edwina. \u00c2\u00a0His attitude might have been a little more lenient towards the natives, but no matter, they blew him up anyway. \u00c2\u00a0The manor house from a distance:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"mountbatten 1.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mountbatten-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mountbatten 1\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Looking the other way, a pretty view of the coast line.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"mountbatten coastline.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mountbatten-coastline.jpg\" alt=\"Mountbatten coastline\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was a chilly day on the coast. \u00c2\u00a0Gina with Kathy in the background:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"kathy and gina.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/kathy-and-gina.jpg\" alt=\"Kathy and gina\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leaving the coast for the time being, we headed to Drumcliffe (Droim Cliabh) the place where W. B. Yeats is buried. \u00c2\u00a0A beautiful setting for his eternal rest. \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.all-ireland.com\/attractions\/connaught\/sligo\/drumcliffechurch.htm\">http:\/\/www.all-ireland.com\/attractions\/connaught\/sligo\/drumcliffechurch.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shipoffools.com\/mystery\/2005\/1147.html\">http:\/\/www.shipoffools.com\/mystery\/2005\/1147.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saintsandstones.net\/saints-drumcliffe-journey.htm\">http:\/\/www.saintsandstones.net\/saints-drumcliffe-journey.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"orumcliffe 1.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/orumcliffe-1.jpg\" alt=\"Orumcliffe 1\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"drumcliffe wall.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/drumcliffe-wall.jpg\" alt=\"Drumcliffe wall\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"drumcliffe church_.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/drumcliffe-church_.jpg\" alt=\"Drumcliffe church\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The grave of W. B. Yeats.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"yeats grave.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/yeats-grave.jpg\" alt=\"Yeats grave\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A barrel at Drumcliffe. \u00c2\u00a0As I have said, there is no accounting\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"barrel at drumcliffe.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travelswithwesley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/barrel-at-drumcliffe.jpg\" alt=\"Barrel at drumcliffe\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We spent the night in Ennischrone at the Waterfront Inn. \u00c2\u00a0County Sligo. \u00c2\u00a0Most of the group took advantage of the seaweed baths, quite an experience. \u00c2\u00a0There are no pictures from the baths that I can post on a family friendly site. \u00c2\u00a0The baths were worth doing. \u00c2\u00a0My skin felt so soft after , oh well, that is enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaving the Ti Linn cafe after retrieving Rob and Kristinia, we headed to a point overlooking the ocean from where we could see the Mountbatten estate, Classiebawn, in the distance. 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