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The Castle was the historical seat of the Wellesley family 'Dangan Castle is located on ... and was later to become the Duke of Wellington in 1814 after his victory over the French in Portugal ...
We don’t tend to think of the first Duke of Wellington as a Dubliner ... Wellesley’s family home was Dangan Castle, Co Meath (now a ruin), but the Dublin newspapers announced his birth ...
Undoubtedly one of Britain’s greatest heroes, Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington ... a stately home named Dangan ...
Although Wellington was born in Dublin, the family home was Dangan Castle in Co Meath and he was ... hence the nickname 'Iron Duke'. Visitors to London can visit his former London home at Hyde ...
‘Some old duke with a name like a boot ... Much of his childhood was spent at Dangan Castle in Co Meath, and he attended Eton. MP for Trim He later joined the British army – in Ireland ...
Wellington's bed and armchair are on display in the room where he died at Walmer Castle The bedroom where the Duke of Wellington died at Walmer Castle has been recreated to mark the 200th ...
The famous Corsican general suffered his final defeat at Waterloo and his British rival on that fateful day was the Duke ... Wellington (born Arthur Wellesley). It is his childhood home of Dangan ...