Posted on 06/13/2008 12:16:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
READY TO DEFEND TULLY CASTLE. . . . Armed and willing to assist "The Musketeeer" Aias Boyd Rankin to fight of the enemies of Tully castle are Matthew Armstrong, Derrygonnolly Primary and Shauna Gileece, St.Patrick's Primary, Derrygonnolly. The Castle will be the setting for a Living History event on Sunday where members of the public can meet the Musketeer and his wife.
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This is exactly how to teach young men. Exactly
This is probably the only war that the Euro-weenies will ever win this century.
> This is exactly how to teach young men. Exactly
Yup!
By 1641, the Irish who had been effectively supplanted by the Plantation, having several times thought about conspiracy and uprising, decided to take the plunge: and in 1641 in Moneymore the rebellion awoke. By Christmas Day in 1641, the Rebellion arrived in County Fermanagh, and Tully Castle was captured, the inhabitants massacred, and the buildings burned. And that is the way they have remained until this day - the thatched roof was destroyed, the roofs of the corner towers were destroyed, the whole thing given over to dereliction and overgrowth.
By 1641, the Irish who had been effectively supplanted by the Plantation, having several times thought about conspiracy and uprising, decided to take the plunge: and in 1641 in Moneymore the rebellion awoke. By Christmas Day in 1641, the Rebellion arrived in County Fermanagh, and Tully Castle was captured, the inhabitants massacred, and the buildings burned. And that is the way they have remained until this day - the thatched roof was destroyed, the roofs of the corner towers were destroyed, the whole thing given over to dereliction and overgrowth.
whoops, sorry
Thanks!
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