
The Marquis of Sligo (Westport House) builds Delphi Lodge as a hunting/fishing lodge and is reputed to have named it "Delphi" based on the valley’s alleged similarity to the home of the Oracle in Greece.
Delphi Lodge is used throughout the next 120 years by the family or leased out to various tenants for the fishing season—mostly British army officers or members of the protestant clergy.