The Hell-Fire Club

Mount Pelier, Dublin

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Documenting our Heritage

The Hell-Fire Club

Originally built in 1725, the structure still stands in good condition.

Hell-Fire

The building stands in the same location as a Neolithic cairn, the story goes that the original

slate roof was destroyed by the devil in recompense for the destruction of the original cairn.

Watching over Dublin

The Hell-Fire club stands strong. Each window looks out across Dublin city.

(we walk around the structure anti-clockwise)

Devils Lodge

Some people tell us this structure is a hunting lodge. However this was the site of outrageous depravity - home of the Hell-Fire club.

Over Dublin

Parsons Grand Lodge

Richard Parsons, the first Earl of Rosse who established the Hell-Fire Club in Dublin, was also the twice the Grand Master Mason of Ireland, in 1725 and 1730.