This article celebrates the life of Lord Henry Mountcharles, detailing his journey from inheriting a debt-ridden estate to transforming Slane Castle into a renowned concert venue. The author recounts a personal connection with Mountcharles, spanning from his early days as a journalist to witnessing the rise of U2. The piece highlights Mountcharles' down-to-earth personality despite his aristocratic background and his deep love for Ireland and its people.
For a fella born into the landed gentry, with a public schoolboy education and a posh accent he is one of the most grounded and down to earth individuals you could meet.
The first ever concert featuring Thin Lizzy and a young band from Dublin called U2 went ahead that summer and the rest as they say is history. Slane was to become the premier outdoor concert venue in the country and gave the Rock and Roll Lord as he was to become known the funds to keep his estate running.
Despite his Anglo-Irish heritage he was in favour of a United Ireland but always held the view that you must bring Unionists with you and convince them that they could have a life where their rights are recognised in a " new Ireland" as he would call it. But aside from the rock concerts perhaps his greatest business coup was the creation of Slane Whiskey and its subsequent success story not only in the United States but also worldwide.
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