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1. Belvelly Castle (ar lean)

   

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   and the Roches. After a fierce conflict, which lasted many days the castle was, taken, Lord Philip Hodnett and his men being slain. After the siege the lands of the Great Island fell into the hands of the Barrys in whose possession it was for centuries. It may be interesting to note that the descendants of the Barrys still occupy the beautiful demesne and house on Fota Island near Belvelly. In the year 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh was granted Belvelly castle. After a few years Barry took possession of it again. Belvelly and Barryscourt in Carrigtwohill were the only castles in Munster in Cromwellian hands. In the year 1645 Lord Castlehaven beseiged Belvelly castle. A resistance by the Barrys hurled back the Royalist troops across the mud flats. Since Castlehaven

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