School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)
- Location:
- Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Dáithí. B. Ó Duilleáin
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- (continued from previous page)In the year 1577 the Castle underwent a great siege, just a year before the Desmond rebellion. At this time there was a monastery in Abbeydorney and the ruins of of the walls can be still seen. During the siege at Lixnaw Castle the Abbot of Abbeydorney helped Fitzmaurice and he was killed in the fight. Shortly after this, in 1582, Fitzmaurice distroyed that Castle himself so the English would not have the satisfaction of destroying it. It was afterwards repaired and the Fitzmaurices again lived in it. In the year 1599 Charles Wilmot was sent into Kerry to conquer all the Castles but he found Lixnaw Castle empty. It was undermined and was propped with timber, ready to be destroyed. Wilmot left an army in the Castle to defend it. When the Spaniards landed at Kinsale in the year 1601 the Castle was taken by the Irish. It was besieged by Wilmot in 1602. It was taken after a short struggle, Wilmot took it by strategy as he cut off the water supply from the garrison in the Castle and they(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Shanahan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Irrabeg, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Thomas Lawlor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Irrabeg, Co. Kerry
