Show romantic stile in ireland lat the little seaport town 0 of killyleagh killeleagh Killy leagh in ireland is t the h e worlds most famous stile which has held romance for many decades the famous stile which inspired lady dufferin to pen the famous words the emigrants farewell is dominated by killy leagh castle the castle was occupied in turn by great ulster names such as mccartan mandeville and white and it came into possession of the hamilton family at the end of the sixteenth century originally built by de courcy it is said to be the oldest continually occupied castle in ireland in the middle of the cemetery stand the ruins of an ancient church where at its side stands the famous stile associated socia ted with names which have gone the rounds of the entire english speaking world the city is is also the birthplace of sir hans sloane the founder of the british museum |