GREAT GRANNY WEBSTER

"OK"........yes the Magazine paid for the rights to the Beckham wedding which took place on July 4th 1999 (sorry a few days too early). David married Posh Spice Victoria Adams at Luttrellstown Castle, Dublin, administered by the Bishop of Cork. Gary Neville was the Best Man and it cost upwards of £1/2m and "OK" probably paid for most of that!
A 15th Century pile it has been own originally by the  Luttrell family (who also had a hand in the Surrey based Painshill Park as well as other land) and lastly by the Guinness family who bought the estate in 1927 for the family and especially his daughter, Aileen, as a wedding present!
She married a cousin, Brinsley Plunket and then entertained on a huge scale including hunt balls and society events. Her niece, Lady Caroline Blackwood, wrote a book based on her experiences there and called the book "Great Granny Webster",. (you don't know how much of a coincidence this is to my family-Mrs B's Granny was indeed a great Granny Webster).

I got excited by this because I am in Dublin at the moment hoping to watch Cork City v Portsmouth in a pre-season friendly...some hope.

Needless to say the Castle is now a Steel and MacKenzie style golf course of some standing, including an Alpine style clubhouse.
Any readers played there?