School: Presentation Brothers' School, Cóbh
- Location:
- Cóbh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: An Bráthair Ó Doghair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0385, Page 393
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- Written byWilliam Radley
5 East Beach
CobhTold my Miss Purcell
Mervue
Cobh
Belvelly Castle is one of the loftiest castles near Cork city, being almost 80 feet high, it is 46 feet wide, with 8 ft thick walls. This imposing relic of the days of knights and chivalry was erected by the Hodnetts in teh 13th century. The Hodnetts were a Shropshire family and they appeared in the Great Island shortly after the Norman Invasion. They remained undisputed Lords untill the end of the 14th century, whom the Barrys and the Roches were gaining power. In the year 1329, the castle was besieged by combined forces of the Barrys(continues on next page)
- Collector
- William Radley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cóbh, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Miss Purcell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cóbh, Co. Cork
