Castletown House’s new exhibition highlights Diana Conolly-Carew’s biggest achievement. It is 60 years this year, Diana Conolly-Carew made history. She became the first woman to win an Aga Khan medal for Ireland on the first Irish team to have civilian riders. Diana was born at Castletown on 7th April 1940. Her brothers Patrick and Gerald went to boarding school when they were eight but Diana and her sister Sarah were educated at home.