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Lisball, Co. Cavan
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S. Doherty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 064

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 064

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  3. XML “Cosby Castle”
  4. XML “The Fair of Castletown”

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  1. Cosby Castle (continued)

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  2. The Fair of Castletown

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    There used to be a fair at Castletown in Coroneary townland, which was discontinued because there was a row in which a man was killed.
    The late Joe Sharpe of Condra(Drumcondra) heard his uncle Lex McClery saying that he minded the fair of Castletown.
    My informant)Billy Bodel) heard Rev George Anderson say that Bagnel Harvey was a relative of the Adam's family of Northland. He(Bodel) said that where present Catholic Church stands in Shercock, there was a castle with 4 Round Towers, in which Allen Adams lived at the time of the fighting Fair of Shercock.
    The following are some of the families believed to have
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