Where is the castle on the cover of U2's "The Unforgettable Fire"?
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Moydrum Castle, outside the town of Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland. The castle itself was built by a British landlord named William Handcock who inherited the land (several thousand acres) granted to his family in 1680 following the Cromwellian occupation of Ireland. William actually opposed the Act of Union, there are records of his speaking against it and refusing generous bribes from Britian, until he was offered a title and flip-flopped politically, voting to unify Ireland and England. In 1812 he got his title, becoming a baron, and built a castle he felt befitted his new status in Moydrum.
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