Steeped in history

Baldwinstown Castle has links back to Norman times, as well as recent British Royalty, writes Rose Martin.

THIS pretty, Co Wexford property is steeped in Irish history — from the Norman Invasion to Cromwell’s bloody march to Parnell’s heady days of power — and even more curiously, to the reigning monarch of England, and visitor next week to these shores, Queen Elizabeth 11.

And there is one strong family connection to Baldwinstown Castle — the Staffords of Co Wexford.