. A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century. l to be seen inthe village of Kilgobbin close to the road from Dublin toEnniskerry. They show the castle to have been one of the ordinaryupright castles of the Pale—a strongly built oblong structure, twostoreys over the basement in height, with a square jDrojectioncontaining the staircase at one corner (2). It is, however, probable that, like the otlier parishes in thisdistrict, Kilgobbin saw many generations of inhabitants before () See for description by IMr.
. A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century. l to be seen inthe village of Kilgobbin close to the road from Dublin toEnniskerry. They show the castle to have been one of the ordinaryupright castles of the Pale—a strongly built oblong structure, twostoreys over the basement in height, with a square jDrojectioncontaining the staircase at one corner (2). It is, however, probable that, like the otlier parishes in thisdistrict, Kilgobbin saw many generations of inhabitants before () See for description by IMr. P. J. OReilly, Joiirnnl , vol. xxxi.,p. 252 ; and for drawing, volume of Sketches by W. F. Wakcman preserved inthe Royal Irish Academy. (2) See The Lesser Castles of the County Dublin, by E. R. MC. Dix inThe Irish Builder for 1897, pp. 8G, <J5. F 66 PARISH OF KILGOBBIN. the erection of a castle. Two early places of sepulture, calledlocally giants gravesi, have been discovered within its limits (i),and a cairn known as the fairies castle is marked on the Ord-nance Map (2). After the Anglo-Norman Conquest the Harolds. View of the Three Rock Mountain in 1780. From a akitch bij Guhrid Bcnuigtr. appear as the first owners of Kilgobbin, and in the middle of thethirteenth century, as mentioned under Whitechurch, Sir JohnHarold, who is described in a deed as Lord John Harold ofKilgobbin, was in possession of the lands. At the same timeadjoining lands then called Balyofryn were given to AllSaints Priory by one Claricia, a daughter of Gilbert, and wifeof a descendant of the chiefs called MacGillaniocholmog. At thebeginning of the fourteenth century the Harolds were still inpossession of Kilgobbin, and prolonged litigation then took placebetween the guardians of Peter, son of GeoflFrey Harold, Isabella,widow of Geoffrey Harold, and Margaret, wife of Thomas Spencerand widow of John Harold, as the representatives of Sir GeoffreyHarold. Subsequently the ownership of Kilgobbin p
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