Baggotrath Castle
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Baggotrath Castle, or Baggotsrath Castle, was a castle situated at present-day Baggot Street in Dublin city centre. It was built in the late thirteenth century by the Bagod family, for whom it was nam
The ruins of Baggotsrath Castle in a 1791 sketch by Francis Grose
The approximate position of Baggotrath castle today on the right of this photo at number 38-46 Upper Baggot Street
Battle of Rathmines
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The Battle of Rathmines was fought on 2 August 1649, near the modern Dublin suburb of Rathmines. Part of the Irish Confederate Wars, an associated conflict of 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms,
Battle of Rathmines, 2 August 1649
Ormond, leader of the Allied army at Rathmines