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School: Shountrade, Adare (roll number 6657)

Location:
Shantraud, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 009a

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    Desmond's Castle, Adare.
    Desmonds's castle, Adare, was built in the year 1202, by Thomas Fitzgerald. It is built on the remains of an ancient Irish Rath on the banks of the Maigue, about twelve miles from the city. It is a big high castle built in the Norman style, with battlemented walls all round, and a moat at its foot.
    In the fourteenth century the castle was burnt by Turlough O'Brien, but the Earl of Kildare soon recovered possession and the family resided there. From its earliest days, up to the year 1637 it was in the hands of the Kildare Geraldines, but after the rebellion of Silken Thomas in
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Hickey
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    William Heffernan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    59
    Address
    Curraghbeg, Co. Limerick