King of the castle: ‘We got call from a pilot flying U2 back from Mexico. Bono said he would land in Shannon, as long as he could stay in Dromoland’

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King of the castle: ‘We got call from a pilot flying U2 back from Mexico. Bono said he would land in Shannon, as long as he could stay in Dromoland’

When a celebrity guest is coming to stay at Dromoland Castle, a memo goes out to all staff reminding everyone not to ask for photographs or autographs. It is, in the words of the five-star hotel’s managing director, Mark Nolan, “an absolute rule of the house”.