Conna : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 22 : graphic

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Cork (County) History.

Transcript of text: - Smith says that Conna Castle belonged to Thomas Fitzgerald Roe, who did not concern himself in the rebellion of his relatives but lived peaceably in his castle where he died in 1593. In 1645 Lord Castlehaven said that it "defied him, but the boys took it by storm". Essex visited it when on a Tour of Ireland in 1599. About 1603 it was demised to the 1st Earl of Cork. In 1642 Fitz Morris of Mocollop tried to storm it but had to retire. The Earl fortified it but he died in 1643. He built the bridge and established unionworks at Lisfinny and Kilmacow and leased the castle to Wingfield. In 1650 Cromwell attacked it from Gallows Hill - took the castle. In 1652Lord Broghil was there. In 1653 the Irish rose and burned the castle, three ladies, Avis, Johanna, and Jane Gorman perished in it. Mr L. Estrange restored it. - Cork Jour. 1909, 1915, 1927. - Download size (PDF): 110 KB. Image no Vol_06-22.

Healy, James N. James Nagle, 1916-1993.

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