Notes on Salthill and Monkstown, County Dublin

Notes on Salthill and Monkstown, County Dublin

Homing in some of the icons of Monkstown’s history such as John Travers and James Eustace who occupied Monkstown Castle, the regicide Edmund Ludlow, Owen Guinneas, (ancestor of Arthur Guinness), the Waterloo surgeon Dr. Matthias Kenny, and astrophysicist Lady Margaret...
The Normans on the Irish Waterways

The Normans on the Irish Waterways

Within 30 years of their arrival in Ireland, the Normans had built a network of castles along the River Barrow and were making moves to do the same up the River Shannon. At their peak, they would establish motte and bailey fortresses as far north as Clones and Lough...