School: St. Cronan's, Bray

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   the market, his rent from the Burghers and his profits from the mill and in return for these his possessions he rendered service to the king in war. Under shelter of the castle the miller ground his corn, the baker heated his oven and the fisherman landed his nets. Sir Walter was busy fighting the O'Tooles and the O'Byrnes and driven back to the Wicklow mountains they vowed revenge. It took three hundred years to win victory. Bray Castle was wrecked and repaired a hundred times. From this lonely outpost the Dublin men would start on a march southwards but rarely returned. In 1316 Bruce passed that way and sent the Castle skywards in flames. The people fled and for many years the land around lay untilled and desolate. In 1,349 the Abbot of St. Mary's tried to do his duty by providing two horses and six horsemen to aid in defending Bray Castle. In 1377 rewards were given to Roger Power of Shankill and his son John for the great losses sustained in defending the castle. In 1402 the Lord Mayor of Dublin met the Irish Wicklow clans near Bray

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Begley

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Bray, Co. Wicklow