Carrickmacross (Carraig Mhacaire Rois)

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Carrickmacross, Carraig Mhacaire Rois - a 'rock on the wooded plain' - didn't develop as a town until early in the 17th Century. In 1634 the town of Carrickmacross consisted of Essex Castle, built circa 1630 and occupied by the third Earl of Essex for some time, an inn belonging to William Cesar, (which at the time was the only house with a slated roof, windows and chimney) and about a dozen hovels roofed with straw, no windows, no chimneys. Nearby was Magheross which consisted of more than a dozen similar hovels, in which the Irish lived.


More info on the town's official site at www.carrickmacross.ie/html/About_Carrick/index.asp
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrickmacross
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Coordinates:   53°58'36"N   6°42'57"W