E-County Wexford, ku-Hook Peninsula, kunesithabathaba somlando wase-Ireland. Yindlu endala futhi ebabazekayo namuhla ezimele yodwa, sengathi ilahliwe ingunaphakade: ibizwa kanjalo ILoftus Hall. Kuyaziwa ngokuba ngenye ye izindlu ezinkulu zase-Ireland, ikhaya ledimoni nesipoki sentokazi.
Le ndlu yakhiwa ngumndeni wakwaRedmond cishe ngonyaka we-1350 ngesikhathi se-Black Death. Ngalesi sikhathi umndeni uthuthele lapha usuka esigodlweni sawo sokuqala. Kamuva emlandweni indlu yashintsha izandla yaya emndenini wakwaLoftus, ngeminyaka yo-50 kuya kowe-1600 lapho, ngaphansi kukaCromwell, kwathathwa izakhiwo eziningi zivela e-Ireland ukuze zinikezwe abahlali abangamaNgisi. ILoftus Hall ibuyele kubanikazi bayo bokuqala.
Isakhiwo esisibonayo namuhla sinokubukeka kwezinguquko ezenziwe phakathi kuka-1870 no-1871 ngaphansi kweMarquis de Ely yesine. Ngo-1917 indlu yadlulela ezandleni ze-Order of the Sisters of Providence futhi yaba yisigodlo nesikole samantombazane amancane afuna ukuba yizindela. Ngo-1983 yathengwa yindoda eyayiphendula ihhotela likanokusho, yize ngeminyaka yama-90 kwakumele ivalwe kanjalo. Kodwa-ke, umndeni wale ndoda, umndeni wakwaDeveraux, wawugcina lo muzi kwaze kwaba seminyakeni emibili edlule lapho bawuthengisela umthengi ongaziwa, okungathiwa kungenzeka abe ngumculi. Ibhonasi ye-U2.
AbakwaRedmonds balwa nendlu nempahla amakhulu eminyaka kodwa bangabe besayibuyisa, yize kamuva baphendulwa baba yifa esifundeni esisenyakatho. Babe ngumndeni okhuthele kwezepolitiki endaweni yase-Ireland. Akuveli yini ukuthi ibe yindlu enhle lapho, impunga futhi iqine kangaka?
Imininingwane engaphezulu - iHook, inhlonhlo enezindawo zokukhanya eziyisishiyagalombili
Umthombo nesithombe - Izimfihlo Ngokubamba inkungu