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New York Times
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Henry Mount Charles, Whose Castle Was a Mecca for Rock, Dies at 74
In 1976, Henry Mount Charles was 25 and living happily in London when his father summoned him home to Ireland to save the family castle from bankruptcy. Taking over the property, Slane Castle, with its vast expenses and minimal income, Lord Mount Charles first opened a restaurant there, the ancestral home of his aristocratic family. Then he contemplated the possibilities of the front lawn: a natural amphitheater sloping down to the Boyne River. He hit on the idea of open-air rock concerts. The first, in 1981, featured a young Irish band named U2. The next year, the Rolling Stones played for 70,000 ecstatic fans, and Mick Jagger stayed for dinner. Slane Castle, some 35 miles north of Dublin, in County Meath, became internationally known as a rock destination. Bruce Springsteen, Guns N' Roses, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Queen, Madonna, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bryan Adams, Eminem, 50 Cent, R.E.M. and Oasis all performed there, while V.I.P. concertgoers wandered in an out of the owner's 18th-century hilltop Georgian pile, resembling Downton Abbey. Lord Mount Charles, an Anglo-Irish peer turned rock 'n' roll promoter, died on June 18 in a hospital in Dublin at 74. His family said the cause was cancer. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
North Wales Chronicle
07-07-2025
- Sport
- North Wales Chronicle
Goodwood and York beckon for She's Quality
The four-year-old led for the majority of the Group Three contest but was just headed by her nemesis Rumstar at the top of hill to go down by three-quarters of a length. It was the third time in succession that the daughter of Acclamation had to settle for silver after also hitting the crossbar in the Palace House at Newmarket and Temple Stakes at Haydock. County Meath handler Davison said: 'I think the stiffness of the track was probably the difference between her winning and losing really. I think's she's probably put in a lifetime-best so you have to take the positives out of it. 'The winner, it's the second time he's beaten us so take nothing away from him. He just finished the trip a bit stronger, didn't he? 'It's one of those things. We just need to get a quick five furlongs and we'll have her day.' Davison is determined to get his stable star her Group-race victory and has turned his attention to Goodwood and York. He added: 'She's very fast so we're going to try to stick to a fast five furlongs. Goodwood (King George Qatar Stakes) would be high on the agenda and the Nunthorpe. They're the two obvious targets for the next couple of races.'
Rhyl Journal
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Rhyl Journal
Goodwood and York beckon for She's Quality
The four-year-old led for the majority of the Group Three contest but was just headed by her nemesis Rumstar at the top of hill to go down by three-quarters of a length. It was the third time in succession that the daughter of Acclamation had to settle for silver after also hitting the crossbar in the Palace House at Newmarket and Temple Stakes at Haydock. County Meath handler Davison said: 'I think the stiffness of the track was probably the difference between her winning and losing really. I think's she's probably put in a lifetime-best so you have to take the positives out of it. 'The winner, it's the second time he's beaten us so take nothing away from him. He just finished the trip a bit stronger, didn't he? 'It's one of those things. We just need to get a quick five furlongs and we'll have her day.' Davison is determined to get his stable star her Group-race victory and has turned his attention to Goodwood and York. He added: 'She's very fast so we're going to try to stick to a fast five furlongs. Goodwood (King George Qatar Stakes) would be high on the agenda and the Nunthorpe. They're the two obvious targets for the next couple of races.'
Leader Live
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Leader Live
Goodwood and York beckon for She's Quality
The four-year-old led for the majority of the Group Three contest but was just headed by her nemesis Rumstar at the top of hill to go down by three-quarters of a length. It was the third time in succession that the daughter of Acclamation had to settle for silver after also hitting the crossbar in the Palace House at Newmarket and Temple Stakes at Haydock. County Meath handler Davison said: 'I think the stiffness of the track was probably the difference between her winning and losing really. I think's she's probably put in a lifetime-best so you have to take the positives out of it. 'The winner, it's the second time he's beaten us so take nothing away from him. He just finished the trip a bit stronger, didn't he? 'It's one of those things. We just need to get a quick five furlongs and we'll have her day.' Davison is determined to get his stable star her Group-race victory and has turned his attention to Goodwood and York. He added: 'She's very fast so we're going to try to stick to a fast five furlongs. Goodwood (King George Qatar Stakes) would be high on the agenda and the Nunthorpe. They're the two obvious targets for the next couple of races.'
South Wales Guardian
07-07-2025
- Sport
- South Wales Guardian
Goodwood and York beckon for She's Quality
The four-year-old led for the majority of the Group Three contest but was just headed by her nemesis Rumstar at the top of hill to go down by three-quarters of a length. It was the third time in succession that the daughter of Acclamation had to settle for silver after also hitting the crossbar in the Palace House at Newmarket and Temple Stakes at Haydock. County Meath handler Davison said: 'I think the stiffness of the track was probably the difference between her winning and losing really. I think's she's probably put in a lifetime-best so you have to take the positives out of it. 'The winner, it's the second time he's beaten us so take nothing away from him. He just finished the trip a bit stronger, didn't he? 'It's one of those things. We just need to get a quick five furlongs and we'll have her day.' Davison is determined to get his stable star her Group-race victory and has turned his attention to Goodwood and York. He added: 'She's very fast so we're going to try to stick to a fast five furlongs. Goodwood (King George Qatar Stakes) would be high on the agenda and the Nunthorpe. They're the two obvious targets for the next couple of races.'
