. A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century. day asthat on which Dundrum Castle was taken, a i^arty of horse pro-ceeded to the Castle of Kilgobbin, and on their approach weremet by a fusillade from the muskets of the occupants whichkilled one of the soldiers and mortally wounded another. Someprominent leaders of the Irish are said to have been in the castle (1) Butlers Register of All Hallows, pp. 70, 98; Plea Rolls, 33 Edw. I.,111. 16, 19, 32 ; Memoranda Roll, IS Eclw. III., in. 22. (•) Clirist Church De
. A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century. day asthat on which Dundrum Castle was taken, a i^arty of horse pro-ceeded to the Castle of Kilgobbin, and on their approach weremet by a fusillade from the muskets of the occupants whichkilled one of the soldiers and mortally wounded another. Someprominent leaders of the Irish are said to have been in the castle (1) Butlers Register of All Hallows, pp. 70, 98; Plea Rolls, 33 Edw. I.,111. 16, 19, 32 ; Memoranda Roll, IS Eclw. III., in. 22. (•) Clirist Church Deeds; Butlers Register of All Hallows ; Wilis of tlicWalsh Family ; Exehequer Inquisition, Co. Wicklow. Jac. I., No. 8 ; ChanceryInquisition, Co. Dublin, Jac. ;I., No. 35 ; Rolls of Excliecpier Fines. Co. Dublin,16 Jac. I. ; Calendar of Ancient Records of Dublin, edited by Sir JohnGilbert, vol. ii., pp. 124, 266, 328, 336, F 2 68 PARISH OF KILGOBBIN. at the time and to have afterwards escaped. Subsequently thecastle was taken possession of by General Monk, and was garrisoned,as well as Loughlinstown Castle, l^y his company (i).. Kilgobbin Castle. From a photograph hy Mr. Thomas Mason. After the establishment of the Commonwealth the castle, which,though its roof was only a thatched one, contained as many asfour hearths, became the residence of Dr. John Harding, an ex-fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. He was one of the greatestjDolitical apostates of his time. A native of Staffordshire andgraduate of Cambridge University, he was in 1637 imposed onTrinity College as an upholder of absolute monarchy, and to himthe Earl of Strafford and Straffords friends. Sir George Eadcliffeand Christopher Wandesf orde, entrusted the education of their years later he was as vehement in support of the Commonwealth,preaching sermons and publishing pamphlets against kingly ruleuntil imprisoned and subsequently banished to England. Next heapi^ears with Cromwells army before the walls of Dro
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