Historical Castletown - Time Chart

1000 BC: National-Bronze Age

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Cuchulainn Saga
Standing Stone in Mount Field
Souterrain at Dun Dealga
Dun Dealga hill fort

1185 AD: National-Normans
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Bertram de Verdun
Motte and Bailey
Urban settlement at Castletown

Late 15th century: National-Late Medieval

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The Pale
Bellew’s Castle

1590: National-9 Years War
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Hugh O’Neill’s visit to Castletown

1641: National-Cromwellian Wars
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Destruction of Bellew’s Castle
Confiscation of Bellew properties

1690: National-Battle of the Boyne
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Visits by William and James

1740: National-Georgian Period
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Castletown Castle House built

18th century: National-Landord Period
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The Eastwoods

1775: National-Grattan’s Parliament
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Pirate Byrne

1798: National-United Irishmen
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The Sham Squire
Burning of Saltown

1831: National-National Education
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The school in the graveyard