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 Irish Great Houses: Golden Age of the Ascendancy
Castletown was copied in both large and small houses throughout the country.
Castletown and one hundred acres surrounding it eventually was purchased by Desmond Guinness and made into the Irish Georgian Society which undertook its restoration.
Castletown was the first house in Leinster to open its doors to the public.
www.irelandforvisitors.com /articles/greathouses.htm   (1696 words)

  
 The Supreme Court Historical Society
Emily Ursula Clare Saint Leger, the daughter of the Fourth Viscount Doneraile, was the wife of Bernard Edward Barnaby Ftzpatiick Baron Castletown of Upper Ossory.
Since none of Lady Castletown's letters survive, the picture created by this correspondence is somewhat one-sided; it leaves the lady as a vague and mysterious figure while revealing in a blaze of light all the intimacies of Wendell's emotional nature.
In estimating what Fanny knew and when she knew it, one is forced to rely upon inferences from the known facts, coupled with a knowledge of Fanny's character, her absorption in him, and her familiarity with his foibles.
www.supremecourthistory.org /04_library/subs_volumes/04_c10_f.html   (7840 words)

  
  pp 46-52Historical Chapter - Browns Directory 1881
But though this removal of the government to Douglas was caused in the first place by the private action of a leading Castletonian, it was strongly resented by the inhabitants of Castletown, who memorialised the Government repeatedly, and did everything in their power to bring about a return to the ancient capital; but in vain.
On the occasion of the marriage of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales with the Princess Alexandra of Denmark (March 10th, 1863), the Isle of Man was a scene of general festivity and rejoicing.
The Tynwald Court was summoned to meet at Castletown several times during the year, and several measures of great practical value were discussed, including a bill for assimilating the Manx law respecting weights and measures with the English, for punishing embezzlement, and for limiting the liability of holders of shares in joint stock companies.
www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/fulltext/bd1881/p046.htm   (2500 words)

  
 Laois Nationalist: Castletown’s chance for Club revenge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Castletown took an early grasp of this game and a Cyril Cuddy goal at the end of the first quarter was to prove the all crucial score.
Castletown were already dominating and points from Paul Cuddy, David Cuddy and Fionain O’Sullivan had them in the driving seat.
Castletown were well served by John Lyons in goal, Paul Cuddy, John O’Sullivan, and Martin Phelan in defence, man of the match David Cuddy and Cyril Cuddy in midfield and up front Padraig Cuddy, Fionain O’Sullivan and Paddy Dollard.
www.laois-nationalist.ie /news/story.asp?j=4486   (708 words)

  
 Southern Fingal, Castleknock
He was a son of the fifth baron; and at the time of his father's death in 1299 he was stated to be 28 years of age, and to have been married for thirteen years.
With the Priory of Kilmainham the sixth baron was also involved at that time in litigation, concerning an allowance of food which he alleged had been made to his forefathers as service for the lands granted by the first baron to the priory.
She had remarried a few years after the fifth baron's death with one Guy Cokerel, to whom her first husband had been heavily indebted, and by whom her son had been pressed for payment, and Guy Cokerel gave his aid in forwarding the suit against the priory.
home.fuse.net /great/Castleknock.htm   (10164 words)

  
 CORK - LoveToKnow Article on CORK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
He afterwards studied law at the Middle Temple and became clerk to Sir Richard Manwood, chief baron of the exchequer; but finding his position offered little opportunity for advancement he determined to make a new start in Ireland: He landed in Dublin on the 23rd of June 1588, as he relates himself, with 27, 35.
On the 6th of September 1616 he was raised to the peerage as Lord Boyle, baron of Youghal, and on the 26th of October 1620 was created earl of Cork and Viscount Dungarvan.
Youghal, Kinsale, Queenstown, Castletown and Bearhaven are the deep-sea and coast fishing district centres of the county; while the salmon fishing is distributed among the districts of Cork, Bandon, Skibbereen and Bantry.
33.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CO/CORK.htm   (7080 words)

  
 Clan Farquharson
Findla Mhor, by his first wife, a daughter of the Baron Reid of Kincardine Stewart, had four sons, the descendants of whom settled on the borders of Braemar, and some of them in the district of Athole.
The event is commemorated in the well-known ballad, "The Baron o’ Brackley," and the leading personages were John Gordon of Brackley, near Ballater, and John Farquharson of Inverey, above Braemar.
At Culloden, Francis Farquharson of Monaltrie the "Baron Ban" led the Farquharsons to distinction at Falkirk and Culloden.
www.electricscotland.com /webclans/dtog/farquha2.html   (3576 words)

  
 Irish Times Article - Fine pair of large family homes in equestrian country   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Patrick, otherwise known as the seventh Baron Carew, grew up elsewhere in the county, spending his childhood in Ireland's largest Palladian house, Castletown.
That property is now owned by the state but he remains a member of the Castletown Foundation and has a keen interest in his former family home, built by an ancestor, William Conolly, in the 1720s.
Castletown was sold by Patrick Conolly-Carew's father in 1965.
www.ireland.com /newspaper/property/2004/0513/1684482331RPDONADEA.html   (834 words)

  
 Kildare history - Heritage and historical attractions in Kildare   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Not far away Maurice Fitzgerald, Second Baron of Offaly, founded a Preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers before his death in 1257, and dedicated it to St. John the Baptist.
Castletown's interior was largely created during the time of Tom Conollys, the Speaker's great nephew, who inherited the property in 1758 when he was twenty-four.
She eventually died in 1821, seated in a tent erected on the lawn in front of Castletown, for it was her wish that she should go looking at the house she had loved so much.
www.countykildare.com /kildare_heritage_stud.htm   (2517 words)

  
 The House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The decision to settle for Castletown House was influenced by the fact that Pat's grand parents were associated with the Right Honourable Baron Castletown of Upper Ossory, in Mid-Ireland, during their working lives.
Pat still has a book published by Baron Castletown in 1928 that bears his signature and was a personal gift to her grand parents.
Building styles indicate that the use of the area as farm has, in fact, been continuous for twice that period of time, although there is a hint in the records that it could have been utilised as a joiner's workshop for a short period.
www.bramp.freeserve.co.uk /castle/house.html   (269 words)

  
 The House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The decision to settle for Castletown House was influenced by the fact that Pat's grand parents were associated with the Right Honourable Baron Castletown of Upper Ossory, in Mid-Ireland, during their working lives.
Pat still has a book published by Baron Castletown in 1928 that bears his signature and was a personal gift to her grand parents.
Building styles indicate that the use of the area as farm has, in fact, been continuous for twice that period of time, although there is a hint in the records that it could have been utilised as a joiner's workshop for a short period.
www.yourtoastmaster.com /castletown/house.html   (269 words)

  
 The Seven Earls of Mountrath - Ancestral Research, Family History, Laois, Offaly, Genealogy
On 6th September 1660 King Charles II created him Baron Coote of Castle Cuffe in Kings County, Viscount Coote of Castle Coote, in Co Roscommon and Earl of Mountrath in Queens County in the peerage of Ireland.
He got King George III to grant him a new title of Baron Castle Coote in the Peerage of Ireland on 31st July, 1800 with a special reminder that on his death it would pass to his cousin Charles Henry Coote, M.P. for Queens County.
The Earl of Mountrath was paid £15,000 as compensation for loss of his interest in the Borough of Maryborough as result of it been disfranchised by the Act of Union.
www.irishmidlandsancestry.com /content/laois/people/mountrath_earls.htm   (1097 words)

  
 LondonTown.com | Castletown Road Guide | Castletown Road London, W14, England, UK | London Streets by Street | London ...
Castletown Road is located in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
The nearest underground station to Castletown Road is 'West Kensington ' which is about 3 minutes to the North East.
Barons Court tube, Palliser Road, (9 mins to the North West)
www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/castletown_road_9a8.html   (239 words)

  
 Plantations of Ireland
James claimed royal inheritance from the de Clare family at an inquisition held at Maryborough and instituted a plantation of the area in 1626.
John FitzPatrick, Baron of Upper Ossory, refused to submit the manor of Castletown to the plantation.
In 1537, his ancestor, Brian MacGiollapadraig, agreed to surrender Upper Ossory to King Henry VIII and was regranted the lordship under English law and in 1541 was made Baron of Upper Ossory.
www.computer-2tr.com /Ireland/links/plantations.html   (4558 words)

  
 Irish Midlands Ancestry - Ancestral Research, Family History, Laois, Offaly, Genealogy
He was appointed Paymaster-General of the Forces in 1835 and was raised to the peerage as Baron Congleton in 1841.
Her son, Robert Digby, was elevated to the peerage of Ireland in 1620 as Baron Digby, of Geashill, with remainder to his brothers.
He was Colonel of the Shinrone Volunteers, and through his mother, Henrietta Wailer, of Castletown, county Limerick, descended from the Parliamentarian General, Sir Hardress Wailer.
www.irishmidlandsancestry.com /content/family_history/families/anglo_irish1.htm   (4129 words)

  
 1898 (portraits) - Isle of Man Examiner Annual
SIR JAMES GELL, the doyen of Manx advocates in practice, was admitted to the Manx Bar in 1847.
For nearly 12 years he was High-Bailiff of Castletown, and in 1866 he was promoted to be Attorney-General of the Isle of Man - an office which he has since held with credit to himself and advantage to the Island.
BARON, VICAR OF ST. GEORGE'S. PERHAPS the best known cleric in the Isle of Man is the Rev. Robert B. Baron, the indefatigable and jovial Vicar of St. George's, Douglas.
www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/exans/prt_1898.htm   (1145 words)

  
 Scots - Irish Clan and Families - Fitz-Patrick
Adding to the mix, the followers of the Earls of Kildare were constantly on the prowl for a chance to raid the Butlers who found themselves wedged in amongst both the Earls of Kildare and the Earls of Desmond.
The reason for this may be suggested from findings in "The History of St. Canice Church" where it was noted that the Butlers may have been on a raid to plunder parts of upper Ossory and were encountered by one of the Earls of Kildare and his followers.
Brian Oge, finding his brother an embarrassment and a hindrance to his ambitions of becoming and English Baron, gave up his brother to the Butlers and the Butlers acted out their cruel revenge on him.
www.electricscotland.com /webclans/scotsirish/fitzpatrick2.htm   (1060 words)

  
 History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
One of these, Sir Eustace Le Poer, Baron of Kells, was a Justice Itinerant in 1285, and invaded Scotland in 1296, 1301 and 1303.According to The Book of Howth, he entered Scotland with great power of men.
By 1317, Arnold FitzEustace Le Poer certainly owned Castlemartin and the neighbouring, townlands of Kilcullen, Brannockstown and Nicholastown, all just south of the Liffey.He was also Lord of the Manors of Oughterard and Castle Warden thus showing the Le Poers had spread north from Waterford into County Kildare by the end of the thirteenth century.
In the graveyard of St. James's chapel, Coghlanstown, there are the base and shaft of a memorial cross bearing his saltire with baron's coronet and what are probably the arms of his first two wives.
www.eustacefamily.com /history.html   (3908 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Maurice Richard Wingfield and others
Cecilia Emily Emma FitzPatrick, daughter of John Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Castletown of Upper Ossory and Augusta Mary Douglas, on 16 June 1868.
She was the daughter of John Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Castletown of Upper Ossory and Augusta Mary Douglas.
     John Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Castletown of Upper Ossory was born illegitimately on 23 September 1807 in London, England.
www.thepeerage.com /p3382.htm   (1029 words)

  
 Ann Creen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Creen of said town of castletown widow which Is my only and whole support now in my wake and feeble days Have Gifted granted passed over and asigned and do by these presents Gift grant[ed] passover and assign unto hir my sd.
Cubbon April 8th 1790 John Mc Murdo and Thomas Cubbon the Subscribing [Witnesses] to the before written Deed severally deposed the Holy Evangelist that Ann Creen the granting party duly [signed] and executed the said Deed in the presence of the sd.
Of His Grace The Duke of Atholl At a Chapter Court holden at Castletown June 30th 1791 The before going Deed having been lawfully proved The same is accepted as & for the last Will & Testamt.
www3.telus.net /lawson/twill/1791_008.html   (410 words)

  
 O'GRADY GENEALOGY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
On 28 May 1803, after the murder of Lord Kilwarden, he became attorney-general, and was one of the prosecuting counsel at the trial of Robert Emmet.
He was a sound judge, and Chief Baron Pigot, of the Irish exchequer, expressed the opinion: ‘O'Grady was the ablest man whose mind I ever saw at work.’ His witticisms on and off the bench were long remembered (D. Madden, Ireland and its Rulers, i.
On his retirement from the bench in 1831, he was created Viscount Guillamore of Cahir Guillamore and Baron O'Grady of Rockbarton, co. Limerick, in the peerage of Ireland.
web.ukonline.co.uk /Members/tom.paterson/ogrady2.htm   (2701 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Sir Thomas Barton and others
     Sir Bernard Edward Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 2nd Baron Castletown of Upper Ossory was born on 29 July 1848 in Brighton, Sussex, England.
He was the son of John Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Castletown of Upper Ossory and Augusta Mary Douglas.
She married Sir Bernard Edward Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 2nd Baron Castletown of Upper Ossory, son of John Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Castletown of Upper Ossory and Augusta Mary Douglas, on 23 April 1874.
www.thepeerage.com /p21121.htm   (1469 words)

  
 Geoghegan - A Family History
His half brother, Aedh Buí, wrote to his cousin, the Baron of Delvin on the Saturday night (26th January) suggesting that the time was ripe to attack O'Neill.
He was styled of Castletown gentleman and was known to be still living in 1703.
The whole of West Meath, including Kilbixy, was burned by these forces, upon which the Baron of Delvin, the Plunketts, the Herberts, and the English of Westmeath in general, came to meet O'Neill, to pay him his demands for sparing their country.
www.geoghegan.org /clan/history.html   (12881 words)

  
 The Fitz-Patrick Mythology
Florence, Baron of Upper Ossory, endeavoured to deprive his eldest son Teige, of his birthright, and to constitute his second son, John, the heir of all his possessions.
  The dispute between the brothers was settled, after the Baron’s death, by a partition of his castles and estates – the share allotted to Taidg was erected into a manor to be known as the Manor of Cowlchill, and that asigned to John having been constituted the Manor of Castletown-Offerland.
In 1601 and 1612, John is mentioned as of Garran; but soon after the latter date he removed to Castletown, where he continued to reside until his death, on the 25th July, 1626.
www.fitz-patrickmythology.com /manuscript.html   (9517 words)

  
 Hoganstand - Laois GAA Football & Hurling
If people think the "castletown culprit" should get banned from hurling for life answer me this what the hell was Tommy Delaney doing anywhere near the field.
Castletown Goalkeeper is crouched down trying to protect himself from a Camross players hurley which is plain to be seen in the picture is directly over Ctown keepers head.
Castletown goalie couldn’t have broke his hurl off anyones head as if you all look at both pictures in the Irish times he has the very same hurley in his hand in both (check out the grip etc)
www.hoganstand.com /laois/MessageBoardForm.aspx?PageNumber=16   (1440 words)

  
 The Legend of Birse
The former can be only Lord Forbes; the latter, depending on the year assigned to the birthday feast, could be a Cheyne, William Keith of Ludquharne, Alexander Forbes of Pitsligo, or a Gordon.
Castletown could be anywhere, and there were many Coutts forenamed John.
Dinnet is on the Aboyne side of the Dee six miles upstream of Birse Castle.
www.baronage.co.uk /bphtm-02/moa-14.html   (1603 words)

  
 Kilkenny Castletown
The Kilkenny people and visitors from all over the world have the use of the now extensively restored castle and grounds.
Castletown House is Ireland's largest eighteenth century country house.
Built from about 1722 it was erected by Irish craftsmen, using Irish materials and was "to be the epitome of the kingdom".
www.piscitella.com /Ireland/ireland_day5.htm   (364 words)

  
 Famous Fitzpatricks - Ancestral Research, Family History, Laois, Offaly, Genealogy
John FitzPatrick of Castletown, a decendant of the Princes and Barons of Upper Ossory were given the degree of Doctor of Law by the Duke of Ormond Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1677.
He married Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Viscount Thurles and sister of James 1st Duke of Ormond and widow of James Purcell, Baron of Loughmore (Ormond Pallatine title).
He was elected M.P. for Galway City in January 1747 and held the seat till his death in April 1761.
www.irishmidlandsancestry.com /content/laois/people/fitzpatrick_family.htm   (266 words)

  
 Isle of Wight --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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Mountbatten (of Burma), Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl, Viscount Mountbatten Of Burma, Baron Romsey Of Romsey
The Manx, or original inhabitants of the Isle of Man, are struggling to preserve their language and culture.
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