Grand Salon, Malahide Castle, County Dublin, Ireland

Grand Salon, used for formal occasions and as a family room, in Malahide Castle, originally built in the 12th century by the Talbot family, and home to them for almost 800 years, near Malahide in County Dublin, Ireland. The room is furnished with a hand-woven Chinese carpet, bought by Milo Talbot in the 1950s in China, and Italian Carrara marble fireplace and Irish gilded wood tables from the 1740s. The couch is a confidant, allowing a chaperone to sit between an unmarried woman and her suitor. Malahide castle is situated in a 260 acre estate, the Malahide Demesne Regional Park, and is home to the Talbot Botanical Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Caislean Confidant Demesne Eire Malahide Mhullach Salon Settee Talbot

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