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    Monkstown Castle
    The ruins of Monkstown Castle are to the right of "The Widow Gamble's Hill." The walls are from three to five feet thick. The castle is said to be haunted. Nuns are to be seen looking over the walls between the hours of twelve and three o'clock at night.
    There is a passage of eighty steps leading to the top of the castle. The castle belonged to Cistersian Monks. It was built about 1170. There is passage from the castle to the Church,.
    The robbers in the hills used to steal the cattle from the Monks so a
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Monkstown Castle, Co. Dublin
    Collector
    Michael Ambrose Dunne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Monkstown, Co. Dublin
    Collector
    Thomas Allen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlebyrne Park, Co. Dublin
    Collector
    William Patrick Tracey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Monkstown, Co. Dublin