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Title: A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century Year: 1903 (1900s) Authors: Ball, F. Erlington (Francis Elrington), d. 1928 Subjects: Dublin (Ireland : County) -- History Publisher: Dublin : Alex. Thom Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: blin, i, 143 ; Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1441-46, p. 101. 2 Gilberts Viceroys, p. 323. * Ibid., p. 353. » I/mL, p. 450. « Cal. Pat. Rolls, Irel., p. 243. Fiant, Edw. YI, no. 426. 8 Ibid., no. 1162. « Cal. S. P., Carew, 1515-74, p. 278.0 Book of Howth, p. 177. IN PLANTAGENET AND TUDOR TIMES. 45 that time, but no certainty on the question is attainable. Evenat that early period the Castle appears to have been provided withcannon ;^ and after Silken Thomass rebellion it withstood asomewhat formidable attack made upon it by the Irish tribes. Besides the Castle of Howth two other residences of consider-able dimensions stood in the sixteenth century on the peninsula.The first of these was Corr Castle, which belonged to the family ofWhite, and the other, which stood on the lands of Sutton, belongedto the family of Hackett.^ The remains of Corr Castle have beenthus described by the President of the Royal Society of Antiquariesof Ireland :^— They consist of an oblong tower, four stories high, m^^.

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