Historic sites
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Notes on historic sites in Aglish Parish from Irish Tourist Association Survey, 1945
Page 3 of Form A in the survey contains headings for “Historic sites” and “Historic houses: Burial places” . In the Aglish survey, the section for historic sites contains the beginning of a multi-page account of the French invasion of 1798. The remainder can be read under the heading “Historical notes”
The section on “Historic houses: Burial places” contains notes on notable personalites who were either born in Castlebar or lived there at some stage. The following are included:
Thomasine or Olivia Knight; Louis Brennan inventor and his brother Michael, artist; Major General George O’Malley; Sir Martin Archer Shea; Charles O’Malley; Dr. Gilmartin, Archbishop of Tuam; Sir Malachy O’Kelly; William Brett, painter; Fr. J. O’Malley, associated with the coining of the term “Boycott” ; Archbishop John MacHale; George Robert Fitzgerald; James Daly; Margaret Burke-Sheridan; Ernie O’Malley; Michael Burke, artist; R.J. King, artist.
Two historic buildings mentioned are Humbert House and Blackfort House.
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