Drumleck House, Ceanchor Road, Howth, County Dublin, Ireland
Sometimes it seems the grander a house should be, the more humble it is. Such is the case with Drumleck House, an Irish cliffside manor perched on the peninsula of Howth. While the real estate listings boast of visits from Jackie Kennedy, Peggy Rockefeller, and Elizabeth Arden, Drumleck House knows that it doesn't matter if it's fancy inside, because that can't hold a candle to what's going on outside. The peninsula of Howth dates back to ancient times. Ptolemy made a second century map of it (when it was apparently an island), poets wrote about its steep and rocky shores... { source } and painters were inspired by views like these... to create views like these: {Grace Reading at Howth Bay by Sir William Orpen, source } Talk about prime real estate. No wonder people built castles on it, as early as 1235. { Howth Castle , source } Howth Castle was altered in 1738 and in 1911, but parts of it that date from around 1450 are still standing. Drumleck Castle was built some
