Liscarroll: Difference between revisions – Wikipedia

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==Liscarroll Castle==

The remains of [[Liscarroll Castle]], a large 13th-century [[Hiberno-Norman]] [[fortress]], that still towers over the village of Liscarroll and the

surrounding countryside.{{Cite web|url=http://www.liscarroll.ie/castle|title = Liscarroll Castle}}

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The construction date of Liscarroll castle is not recorded, but a late thirteenth-century date is most likely for this type of castle. It may well have been built by David [[de Barry]] who died in the late 1270s and who had served as [[justiciar]] (the chief representative in Ireland) in the 1260s. Liscarroll was held by the Barrys down to the early seventeenth century, when it was acquired by an English settler, Percival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2018-11/CCC%20Castles%20low%20res.pdf|title = Castles-of-cork}}

It is the third largest castle in Ireland.

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The construction date of Liscarroll castle is not recorded, but a late thirteenth-century date is most likely for this type of castle. It may well have been built by David [[de Barry]] who died in the late 1270s and who had served as [[justiciar]] (the ~~king’s~~ chief representative in Ireland) in the 1260s. Liscarroll was held by the Barrys down to the early seventeenth century, when it was acquired by an English settler, Percival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2018-11/CCC%20Castles%20low%20res.pdf|title = Castles-of-cork}}

In 1649 it was captured by Cromwellian forces under Sir [[Hardress Waller]]. A sustained artillery bombardment during this battle caused considerable damage to the walls, making it indefensible, a fate suffered by many castles when cannon came into common usage. Percivals regained possession of the castle after this and their descendants held it down to the twentieth century.{{Cite web|url=https://gerrymurphy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/7.-William-Murphy-The-Weight-Thrower-54-Pages-10MB-Updated-20200410.pdf|title = William-Murphy-The-Weight-Thrower}}

Village in County Cork, Ireland

Village in Munster, Ireland

Liscarroll (Irish: Lios Cearúill, meaning ‘Carroll’s ringfort‘)^[2] is a village in County Cork, Ireland. The village is on the R522 regional road near Mallow and Buttevant about two miles south of River Awbeg. Liscarroll is within the Cork North-West (Dáil constituency). Liscarroll is approximately 51 km to Cork City and 53 km to Limerick City, Liscarroll was once considered to be the cross roads of Munster. According to the 2016 census of Ireland there are 883 individuals living in and around Liscarroll, the population had…

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