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Cashel—Beyond the Gate

This photograph and the two below were taken in 1992 to fulfil a request from Nancy M. Parker who was gathering information about the architect, Horace Trumbauer, who designed Cashel.

Martin Maloney’s Cashel completed in 1917 endures.  Its many owners have made modifications through the years but its original design has been maintained.

Through the years Cashel has been the scene for community events and charity fundraisers. The estate has provided the backdrop for Burt Renolds’ B. L. Stryker episodes and high- end television commercials.

In 1992, I was contacting by Nancy M. Parker of Ridgewood, N. J. who was compiling the works of architect Horace Trumbauer who designed Cashel. She requested photographs and Chuck and Joan MacGillvary, who owned the former Maloney estate at the time, gave me permission to take photographs.

This aerial photograph taken by Arthur Ruhnke, shows the Sunrise Inn as well as Cashel to the left of the hotel. Only a few other buildings existed in Port Sewall on January 6, 1949.

In 2010, an elaborate Designer Showcase sponsored by the Children’s Home Society took place at Cashel. Anxious for the significant history of the Maloneys and Cashel to be shared, I did my best to impress the organizers with its importance.

Martin Maloney was incredibly important in Spring Lake , NJ where he built a mansion dwarfing Cashel as well as a splendid Catholic Church. This appeared in the newsletter of the Spring Lake Historical Society. Unfortunately, the Designer Showcase shared practically none of Cashel’s history.


Brandon Weston has become an expert on the history of Cashel ever since he lived on the property and was bitten by the history bug. He has added Martin Maloney and Horace Trumbauer to his area of expertise and is allowing me to use some of his on-sight photos and as well as photographs he has found in his research to illustrate this and future blogs.

Courtesy Brandon Weston
Courtesy Brandon Weston
Courtesy Brandon Weston

Future blogs will feature Martin Maloney’s connection to the Sunrise Inn, Maloney’s ownership of much of Stuart, Maloney’s prominence as a Catholic and his estate’s generosity to local Catholics. Other subjects will be the architect of Cashel, Horace Trumbauer’s importance. and photographs of an elephant, giraffe and a tigers at Cashel as well and Burt Renolds at Cashel as B. L. Stryker.