As a young boy Jimmy Keogh dreamed of owning Whitestown, a grand period house in his native village of Naul, Co Dublin. His dream came true and now his wife and daughters are honouring his memory with their special brand of entertaining
Kelly, Hazel and Aoife Keogh outside Whitestown House, in Naul, Co Dublin. Photo: Tony Gavin
A stag’s head – that symbol of power and majesty – is a staple of the decor in the hall of a grand house, usually one of many trophies snaffled by a remote ancestor and passed down through the generations.
The stags’ heads in the wonderful period home of the Keogh family in Naul – Whitestown House – are not heirlooms. They’re very much the work of the current family, or more specifically their husband/dad Jimmy who was not born in the house and didn’t inherit it, but rather bought it in the 1990s.