Library, Malahide Castle, County Dublin, Ireland

Library, built off the Great Hall in the 16th century, 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. This room is thought to have been built by a Talbot from Wales, who subsequently quarreled with the Irish branch of the family. It is decorated with golden leather wallpaper with floral motifs, butterflies and dragonflies, known as Cordoba or Spanish leather, popular 1650-1700. 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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Bookcase Caislean Demesne Eire Malahide Mhullach Talbot

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