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Title: A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century Year: 1902 (1900s) Authors: Ball, F. Erlington (Francis Elrington), d. 1928 Subjects: Dublin (Ireland : County) -- History Publisher: Dublin : Alex. Thom Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: es soldiers set out for Dublin, richin plate and stuff and cattle —pillage which would have beenmuch greater, we are told, only for the severity of the storm duringwhich the cattle were blown away. It was reported that New- (>) Depositions of 11541 (Richard Dunn, John Murphy, and Tiege Kelly). 134 PARISH OF NEWCASTLE. castle had been thoroughly burned, but some four months laterwe find the liOrds Justices requesting Ormonde to send by uighttwo hundred stirring active men to Newcastle to take, spoil,and kili all rebels. Three years after that time, when the armyof the Confederates marched from Kilkenny on Dublin, the wholecountry in the neighbourhood of Newcastle was found to be de-vastated, and Owen ONeill, who was sent to Newcastle, not beingable to live on air, retired as quickly as he came (i). At the time of the establishment of the Connnonwealth therewere reported to be in Newcastle only seven old castles, aswell as a small old castle on the lands of Athgoe, and a castle and

Text Appearing After Image: Athgoe Castle. From a jy^iotograpli hij Mr. Tliomas Mason. some cabins on the lands of Colmanstown. There must, however,have been theu a number of cabins in Newcastle, which was re-turned as having ai population of some hundred and seventyinhabitants. Tlie principal of these were Captain Martin Scur-lock, and one Daniel MDaniel, while the tradesmen of thetown included a farrier, two smiths, two broguemakers, a butcher,a carpenter, and two tailors. Towards the close of the (1) Carte Papers, vol. ii., f. 282 ; vol. iii., f. 212 ; vol. Ixviii., f. 403 ; TrinityCollege Library MS., F. 2, 11 ; Earl of Castlchavcns Memoirs, p. 81. NEWCASTLE LYONS. 135 Commonwealth, Scurlock and MDanicl luul given place toRobert Scarborougli and Morgan Jones. The population of thevillage had then fall( ii to one hundred and fifteen, and four yearsafter the Restoration there were only two houses in the villagewith two hearths; the remainder, forty-two in number, havingbut one hcartli each (l). Notwithstanding

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