The Dublin Hellfire Club

The Dublin Hellfire Club The Dublin Hellfire Club,the ruin of a hunting lodge built in 1725. Originally it was called Mount Pelier house and used as a hunting lodge.
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The Dublin Hellfire Club was built around 1725 by William Conolly the speaker of the Irish parliment. In 1735 the house was leased to the Dublin Hellfire Club by the Conolly family hence how the building got its name -"The Hellfire Club". The members of the club are belived to have met in the building at times and to have taken part in satanic ceremonies and rituals etc whilst there.

'The Hellfire Club, Dublin' painting which hangs in the National Gallery of Ireland. Painted by James Worsdale about 173...
22/05/2018

'The Hellfire Club, Dublin' painting which hangs in the National Gallery of Ireland. Painted by James Worsdale about 1735,showing some members of the club (Worsdale himself was a member). Left to right - Henry Barry ( the fourth Lord Santry), Colonel Clements, Colonel Henry Ponsonby, Colonel St. George and Simon Luttrell.

William Conolly (born 1662) had the building on top of Mount Pelier built in 1725. He was one of the richest men in Irel...
22/04/2016

William Conolly (born 1662) had the building on top of Mount Pelier built in 1725. He was one of the richest men in Ireland and had a big role in Irish politics from 1715-29 in which he became Speaker of the Irish House of Commons while also at times holding posts of Chief Revenue Commissioner and Lord Justice aswell.

Conolly purchased Rathfarnam Castle in 1724 for £62,000, the lands of which included Mount Pelier Hill with the lands comprising a 1000 acre deer park. The building atop Mount Pelier which was called Mount Pelier House was therefore first used as a hunting lodge by Conolly until his death by a stroke in 1729.

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