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| | The Battle of Rathmines and Baggotrath |
 | | The most notable event in the annals of Rathmines was the battle in 1649, during the Civil War between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians. |
 | | Viewed across the open country to the southward was an unbroken panorama of the mountains, which, however, peaceful looking, were full of menace to the lowlands, owing to the spoils exacted by the "mountainy men in their frequent raids upon the fertile tract lying between them and the metropolis. |
 | | Having routed these, he marched with all diligence up to the walls of Rathmines [Castle], which were about 16 feet high, and containing about 10 acres of ground, where many of the enemy's foot had shut up themselves; but perceiving their army to be entirely routed, and their General fled, they yielded themselves prisoners. |
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