Editing Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (section)

==Official residence==
[[File:Dcastlemaindoor.jpg|thumb|190px|right|The Viceregal Apartments in Dublin Castle – the official 'season' residence of the Lord Lieutenant]]

The official residence of the Lord Lieutenant was the Viceregal Apartments in [[Dublin Castle]], where the Viceregal Court was based. Other summer or alternative residences used by Lord Lieutenant or Lords Deputy included [[Abbeville, Dublin|Abbeville]] in [[Kinsealy]], [[Chapelizod House]], in which the Lord Lieutenant lived while Dublin Castle was being rebuilt following a fire but which he left due to the building being supposedly haunted, [[Leixlip|Leixlip Castle]] and [[Celbridge#St Wolstan's|St. Wolstan's]] in [[Celbridge]].<ref name=Robins66/> The Geraldine Lords Deputy, the [[Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare|8th Earl of Kildare]] and the [[Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare|9th Earl of Kildare]], being native Irish, both lived in, among other locations, their castle in [[Maynooth]], [[County Kildare]]. [[Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex|Lord Essex]] owned{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} [[Durhamstown Castle]] near [[Navan]] in [[County Meath]], a short distance from the residence of the [[Lord Bishop of Meath]] at [[Ardbraccan House]].

The decision to require the Lord Lieutenant to live full-time in Ireland necessitated a change in living arrangements. As the location of the Viceregal Court, the Privy Council and of various governmental offices, Dublin Castle became a less than desirable full-time residence for the viceroy, vicereine and their family. In 1781 the British government bought the former ranger's house in Phoenix Park to act as a personal residence for the Lord Lieutenant. The building was rebuilt and named the Viceregal Lodge. It was not however until major renovations in the 1820s that the Lodge came to be used regularly by viceroys.<ref name=Robins66/> It is now known as [[Áras an Uachtaráin]] and is the residence of the [[President of Ireland]].

By the mid-19th century, Lords Lieutenant lived in the Castle only during the [[Irish Social Season|Social Season]] (early January to [[St. Patrick's Day]], 17 March), during which time they held social events; balls, drawing rooms, etc. By tradition the coat of arms of each Lord Lieutenant was displayed somewhere in the Chapel Royal in Dublin Castle; some were incorporated into stained glass windows, some carved into seating, etc.