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1. Carrigaphooka Castle - The Story of the McCarthys of Drishane (continued)

   

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   party, prevailed on the, to take supper at his house. Thither they proceeded with a fixed determination neither to drink nor remain longer than barely necessary. But such was O'leary's power of pleasing that they willingly prolonged their stay till mean morning, and were imperceptibly led from bottle to bottle, till it became a task lodging. In this way O'Leary lived for many years imbuing, though he did not exhaust his property. He left one daughter, since married to Mr. Mcbarthy, who had built a neat and fashionable house near site of the old mansion.
   The Mr Mcbarthy who married O'Leary's daughter was direct descendant of Donog whose Will we have recorded, and had inherited the Doomen and [Kileorney] property . He married first a daughter of Felise
   Mcbarthy of Spring House, ls. Tipperany. She died in 1780, and he married

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nóra Ní Chonaill

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carriganish, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Líam Ó Laoghaire

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Leadawillin, Co. Cork