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School: Dromina, Ráth Luirc (roll number 11262)

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Dromina, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Daniel Hishon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0367, Page 352

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    MILTOWN CASTLE
    PARISH OF SHANDRUM
    In Miltown demesne are vestiges of a castle of the Fitzgibbons. This castle was of great strength and was unsuccessfully besieged by the Irish Party in the Civil Wars of 1640. Maurice Fitzgibbon of Miltown in the reign of Elizabeth assisted by his four sons, all men of fine physique slew John Mac John Fitzgerald of Kilbolene and fourteen of his followers - Fitzgerald having instigated the Earl of Demond to hang one of the Fitzgibbon family a short time previous. The castle was subsequently demolished and the Fitzgibbon estate forfeited to the Evan’s family and by marriage came into the possession of the notorious George Gulliver Bruce. Gulliver Bruce, as he was commonly called was a confirmed gambler, cheat
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Milltown, Co. Cork
    Collector
    Daniel Hishon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Dromina, Co. Cork