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he

HellfireClub



heHellfir

e Club(or"ClubthineIfrinn"inIrish)

is thenamegiven

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to a

ruinedbuilding thatsits

nearthesummit of

Montpelier , ahill in

theDublinMount



ains,

CountyDublin,Ireland

. Itwasbuiltaround1725 byWilliam

Conolly, thespeak



er of

theIrishHouseof

Commonswhopurcha

sedtheland

fromPhilipWhart



on, 1st

Dukeof



Whart

on.

elievedto

havebeenconstructed

as ahuntin



g

lodge(thegrounds

comprised a1,00acre (4

km²)

deerpark),

thebuilding



acted

as aviewpoint forConoll

y'smansion atCastlet

ownHouse,Celbri

dge,CountyKildar



e. The

buildingconsists of

twolargeroomsand a

hall ontheupper

floorwith akitche



n and

servant's hallon thelower

floor.Thehousewas

originallycalled

“MountPelier”



, the

namenowgivento the

hilluponwhichit

stands; theorigina

l Irishnameof the



hill is

unknown.

Believed to

havebeenusedas a

meetingplace

for theIrishHellfir



e Club,

theareahas areputa

tionforbeingassoci

atedwithSatani

sm,thesupern



atural

andtheoccult.

he

summit of the hillwas

originally thesite of



a

megalithicmonument,

described asconsisting of

a largeslabsurrou

ndedby astone



wall.

Thesitealsoconsis

ted of anumber of

standingstones

. Manyof thestones



from

thecairnwereused

in theconstructionof the

house.Shortly after

itscompletion,



a

powerf ulstormblew

theslatedroof away.

Popular localsupers

titionheldthat



this

wasthehandiwork

of theDevil,apunish

mentfor thedesecr

ationof thecairn.



The

roof wasrebuiltwith a

sturdyarchedstoneroof –

similarto theconstr

uctionof abridge



– that

remainsintactto this

day.

t

isbelieved



that

theIrishHellFire

Club(founded 1735

by

RichardParson

s, 1stEarl of Rosse)










held

somemeetings atthe

house,althoughtheir

regularmeetin

gplacewas



the

EagleTavernonCork

HillnearDublinCastle.

As aresult,many

luridstoriesregard



ing

activitiestherehave

enteredpopular local

folklore.These

include talesof



drinkin

gsessions andblack

masses aswell asritual

sacrifices of black

catsand,on one



occasi

on, adwarf

n1971,

theskeleton of adwarfi

shfigurewas



found

buriedalongwith abrass

statueof ademonat

nearbyKillakee

House(aplace



with a

reputationforhaunti

ngs)butmayhave

been apublicity

stuntfor theopenin



g of

thegallery.Accord

ing totheEvening

Heraldof Decem

ber 1,1968

F.W.



Gumle

ywitnessedthe

black cat inthelate.

LadyMassey, wife

of the"Penniless



Peer"

as wellas hersonwere

takenin byMiss



Marga

retFoxafterLord

Massey, wasdeclared

bankrupt andthe

houseandlands



taken

overby thebanks.Anoth

er tale – verysimilarto that

associatedwith

LoftusHall,County



Wexfo

rd – holdsthatthe

Devilappeared,

posing

as astranger

seekingshelter



from a

storm,andvanished in a

puff of smokewhena

fellowguestnotice

d hehadcloven





hoove

s forfeet. Inyetanothe

r tale,a firebrokeout in

thebuilding

whensomespilled







brandy

wassetalight,killing

manymemberswho

weretoodrunk

toescape.



It isfromthisreputa

tionthatthebuildin

g hasearnedthe

name“Hellfire



Club”.

Othernamesbywhich

it hasbeenknownby

include“Conol

ly'sFolly”,“The



Haunt

edHouse”, “TheShooti

ngLodge”

and“The

Kennel”.

he



buildin

g wasset onfire fora

secondtime in1849

when

tarbarrelsweresetalightby



Irish

Patriots whorevolted

overthearrivalof

QueenVictoria on a

visit toIreland.



oday,the

houseandsurroundings(calledHellFire

Wood)areowned



by

Coillte,theState-owned

forestrycompany.

Thearea,with

commandingviews







of

Dublinand itsenvirons, is a

popularrecreation

spotformany

Dubliners.





urHalloweentheyearwill be

acelebrationof our

predecessors



in

hedonism,

thosemen

andwomen of Eire

whoshrugged off

themantelof



propri

etyandcivilityto

embracetheirshado

wynature,

to eat

drink and bemerry



and

damntheconsequences

.





ttendees of

theHellfire Clubinclud

ed;

clergy,

nobilit

y,politicians,



schola

rs,witches andpeople

fromnearlyeveryfacet

of 18th

century

society.



ress in

amannerbefitting ahedonist of

theGeorgian era



(1714-

1830).

or thoseof you

loathtodressinperiodcostu



me,

thereisalwaysthe

otherHellfire Club.



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hisyear’sShamr

ock Hallow

eenPartywill beheld



on

Saturday,

October

3Oth.Commencement of

thefestivi

ties

willbeginwhene



ver

peopleshowup, asusual.

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