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CASTLEBAR

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 480 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CASTLEBAR , a See also:

market See also:town and the See also:county town of Co. See also:Mayo, See also:Ireland, in the See also:west See also:parliamentary See also:division, on the See also:river and near the lough of the same name, on the Manulla and See also:Westport See also:branch of the Midland See also:Great Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 3585. The county See also:court buildings and other public offices occupy a square, and there is a pleasant mall shaded by See also:fine trees. There are some breweries, and See also:trade in linens and agricultural produce. The See also:castle, which gives its name to the town, was a fortress of the De See also:Burgh See also:family; but the town itself was founded in the reign of See also:James I., and received a See also:charter from him in 1613. In 1641 the castle was held for the See also:parliament by See also:Sir See also:Henry See also:Bingham, but he was forced to surrender to See also:Lord Mayo, and See also:fell a victim, with all his See also:garrison, to the fury and treachery of the besiegers. The See also:massacre was afterwards avenged in 1653 by the See also:execution of Sir See also:Theobald See also:Burke (by that See also:time Lord Mayo), who had been in command along with his See also:father at the See also:siege. In 1798 the town was occupied for someweeks by the See also:French under See also:General J. J. See also:Humbert, who had defeated the See also:English under See also:Luke Hutchison in a conflict which is jocularly styled the " Castlebar Races." The town returned two members to the Irish parliament until the See also:Union. Four See also:miles N.E. of Castlebar is Turlough, with a See also:round See also:tower 7o ft. high and S7 ft. in circumference, and other remains.

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