School: The Rower (B.), Inistioge (roll number 15160)

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   Coolhill Castle was built in the thirteenth century bu De Rupe. Ater De Rupe Coolhill Castle was "Mount-Garret's lordly dwelling" Its last owner was Londyfoot who was the landlord of The Rower. The castle was besieged twice, once while it was owned by De Rupe and again while it was owned by Mount-Garret. De Rupe became "more Irish that the Irish themselves" and was outlawed by the English. The soldiers got on his track however, and chased him to Rosbercon, where they killed him on the steps of the monastry. Londyfoot was also killed in Rosbercon. He was going to evict several of his tenants and knock their houses, to build a castle. As he was going there one of his tenants (who was supposed to be a man named Prendergast, whose grandson lives in Ballyféireen, The Rower) came behind him and split his head with a spade.
   The castle of Cluan was built by the Geraldines, in the fourteenth century. Its last owner Lord Edward Fitzgerald, was killed at the battle of Aughrim, "First in fight for his king's rights, on Aughrim's bloody plain." After the battle the English evicted Lady Fitzgerald, and the castle fell into ruins.
   The ruined churches in The Rower are in Kiltown in Killeen, and in The Rower Graveyard. The church in the graveyard was attacked and plundered by the English after the battle of Ross, but the men

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Lyng

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   John Lyng

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   54