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Forbes of Castleforbes, Dublin City

Two, and possibly three, lines of the Forbes family intersect in this story: the Dublin civic office-holders; the Quaker linen-merchants; and the Forbes family, Earls of Granard, whose Longford mansion was also called Castleforbes. Their precise relationships remain unproven.