1. religion and spirituality
2. christianity
3. catholicism

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St. Patrick’s Day
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Learning Lapbook with Study Guide
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Authors: Nancy Fileccia and Paula Winget
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What you need to get started
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How to make a storage system for your lapbook(s)
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Tips and tricks to go the extra mile! (optional)
Supplies Need:
½ inch three-ring binder
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Your study guide and mini-booklets pages and copies of the enrichment pages at
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1. Label your tabs: Study Guide/Mini Booklets, Book Log, NICK Notes(easier) or
Outline Form (harder), Biography Reports, What I Learned Pages (Copywork and
Notebooking, if using these).
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2. You will find a master copy of all of these special pages at the back of the
lapbook packet. Make copies of the NICK Notes or Outline Form, Biography
Report (if included), and What I Learned Pages and put them behind the tabs.
Make more copied of the Book Log if your child reads a lot and needs more room
to log books. We will explain how your child can use all of these enrichment
pages later.
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Study Guide tab. You will read a page of a study guide. Behind the study guide is
the booklet(s) that goes with that study guide.
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on the lower edge of the tape. Fold the other end of the tape down on the zip-lock
bag. Your duct tape should be sticking out from the bag. Now, you can hole
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Folder 1
St.
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The
Celts
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Geography
St. Patrick’s Day
In Ireland
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Music/Dance
St. Pat’s
In U.S.
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Tradition
Of
Green
Blarney
Stone
How
Ireland
Got
Its
Name
Irish
Blessing
Copy
Work
Hurling
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
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Timeline of Ireland History
The Geography of Ireland
The National Instrument-The Harp!
Who was St. Patrick?
The Flag of Ireland
The Tradition of Shamrocks
Who are the Celts?
The Great Potato Famine
Irish Music and Dance
Traditional Irish Clothing
St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
Adare Castle
King John’s Castle
How Ireland Got Its Name
St. Patrick’s Day in the U.S.
The Gaelic Language
Kissing the Blarney Stone
Those Little Men-Leprechauns!
The Tradition of Green
Sports Played in Ireland
The Irish Blessing
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St. Patrick’s Day
Complete the Scene- Add to the scene by drawing gold coins, a pot of gold, a rainbow,
shamrocks and maybe other leprechauns! Cut off around the dotted line and glue scene onto top
of closed lapbook.
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Time Line of Ireland History
Celts begin to arrive in Ireland, from central Europe
100 BC
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Arrival of the Gaels
Arrival of St. Patrick
795
The Vikings begin raiding Ireland
1002
Brian Boru becomes High King of Ireland
1166
Rory O'Connor becomes High King of Ireland
1177
King Henry makes his son John Lord of Ireland
1394
King Richard II leads an army to subdue Ireland
1556
Queen Mary sends English people to settle land taken from Irish
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600 BC
1610
1660
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1593-1603 The Nine Years War
The first Protestant settlers arrive
Charles II becomes king
1845-1849 The potato blight causes a potato famine
1919-1921 The War of Independence
1972
'Bloody Sunday' in Derry
1998
The Good Friday Agreement is signed
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Geography of Ireland
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Ireland is an island located to the extreme northwest of the European
continent. It is the twentieth- largest island in the world. It is located at latitude 51
1/2° to 55 1/2° degrees north and longitude 5 1/2° to 10 1/2° degrees west. The
country is divided into 4 provinces-Munster, Ulster, Leinster, and Connacht. It is
then further divided into 32 counties. The capital of Ireland is Dublin. It is
surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean on three sides with Northern Ireland to the
north. The United Kingdom is its closest neighbor, east just across a narrow
passage of the Irish Sea. In 1973, Ireland became a member of the European
Union (EU).
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Geography
Of Ireland
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title on top. Fasten together at the top with a brad (or
staple). Glue into lapbook.
Directions: Inside, answer questions.
What are Ireland’s 4 provinces?
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Name Ireland’s capital
Tell what surrounds Ireland on all
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National Musical Instrument –
The Harp
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The harp is the musical instrument of Ireland. It is the
symbol of the National Republic. The harp is a stringed
instrument. The strings run perpendicular to the soundboard. It
is also considered to be a percussion instrument. The parts of a
harps are; neck, resonator and strings. They come in many
different sizes and shapes. Some harps are small enough to be
held on your lap, while others are so large, that they have to be
played while standing. If you play in an Orcharta, you are called
a harpist. But, if you played in a Celtic band, you would be
called a harper.
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Read National Musical
Instrument –
The Harp.
Hamburger fold on the
middle line and cut around
the shape of the harp. Do
not cut fold. Glue booklet
into lapbook with title
showing.
Directions: Inside, write
what you learn about
Ireland’s national musical
instrument, the harp!
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National
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Instrument
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The Flag of Ireland
The Flag of Ireland is the official flag of the country of Ireland. It is a
vertical flag with tricolors of green, white, and orange. The green represents the
Gaelic tradition. The orange represents the minority who were supporters of
William of Orange. In 1690, William of Orange defeated King James II and his
predominantly Irish Catholic army at the Battle of the Boyne. It was included in
the Irish flag in an attempt to reconcile the Orange Order in Ireland with the Irish
independence movement. The white in the center stands for the lasting truce
between the 'Orange' and the 'Green.'
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It was designed by Thomas Francis Meagher in 1848. In 1916, during the
Easter Rising, it was raised above the General Post Office. Beside it was a
green flag with words “Irish Republic in Dublin.” In 1919, the flag was adopted
by the Irish Republic. It was then adopted by the Irish Free States in 1922.
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Read The Flag of Ireland.
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Directions: Design it to look like the flag of Ireland.
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Who was Saint Patrick?
The most widely known figure in Christianity is St. Patrick. He is known as
the patron saint of Ireland. Patrick was born in the 4th century. He lived in
Britain with his parents, who were considered very wealthy. When he was
sixteen, Patrick was taken prisoner by a group of Irish raiders who were robbing
his families home. He was taken to Ireland where he was held captive for six
years.
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As a prisoner, he was forced to work as a shepherd. Patrick found this
time in his life to be extremely lonely. In his despair, he turned to religion and
became a Christian. After being held for over six years, Patrick found a way to
escape. Patrick would later write in a book, that God instructed him that it was
time to leave. With his captives busy, he ran away. He stated that God had told
him to return to Britain. He would travel over 200 miles before he reached the
Irish coast. There he took passage on a ship traveling to Britain.
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Once in his homeland, he had a second dream that instructed Patrick to
return to the land of his captors. This time, he felt God wanted him to go to the
Irish people as a missionary. Patrick immediately began religious training to
become a minister. After fifteen year of schooling and training, Patrick returned
to Ireland.
When he began his ministry to the Irish people, Patrick decided to use the
symbols and traditions of the Irish people to teach them the ways of Christ. He
used the tradition of lighting bonfires to honor the gods to instead celebrate the
Christian holiday of Easter, which honors the resurrection of Jesus. He took the
powerful sun symbol and placed it in the center of a Christian cross, creating
the new Celtic cross. All of these things he did to show the Irish people that he
valued their ways, but that there was a "new, life giving" way to live. It is said
that Patrick ministered to the Irish for more than thirty years. He died on March
17 in the 5th century. Now, March 17 th is recognized as St. Patrick’s Day.
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Read Who was Saint Patrick?
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lapbook.
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St.
Patrick
When was he born and when did he die? When is St. Patrick’s Day celebrated?
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Tell about his early life and how it effected what he chose to do as an adult.
How did St. Patrick incorporate Christianity into the current religious beliefs of
the Irish at that time?
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The Tradition of Shamrocks
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The symbol of Ireland is a three leafed clover. It is
also called a shamrock. Many confuse the four-leaf clover
with the shamrock. The four-leaf clover is held by many
as a good luck symbol, while the shamrock is seen as a
Christian symbol of the Holy Trinity. It is said that St.
Patrick used the three-leafed clover to explain the Trinity
to those in Ireland, who did believe in Christ.
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The Irish word for "clover" is "seamróg.” In
the Victorian Era, the shamrock was used in many
different forms of medicine. Today the shamrock is
a common symbol to represent Saint Patrick's Day.
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The Celtics of Ireland viewed the shamrock as a sacred plant. They
believed that it symbolized the rebirth of spring. In the 17th century, when the
English began to take over the land of the Irish and tried to end their language
and religion, the shamrock became a symbol of Irish nationalism.
The shamrock is a registered trademark used by the Government of
Ireland. It can be seen on many items in and around Ireland. The University of
Notre Dame, the Presidential coat of arms, Montserrat passport stamp, airline of
Ireland and Irish pubs all bare the symbol.
The city of Montreal in Quebec,
Canada has a shamrock in the lower right
quadrant of its flag. It was placed there to
remember the large Irish population that
lived there during the 19th century when the
flag was were designed.
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Read The Tradition of Shamrocks.
Hamburger fold on middle line. Cut out around shape of
the shamrock. Do not cut the fold. Glue into lapbook with
title on top.
Directions: Inside, write what you learned about
shamrocks. Try to draw one yourself!
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Shamrocks
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Who are the Celts?
The Greeks were the first to write about the Celts around 600 BC. They
lived near the Danube river in central Europe. The Celts were considered to be
a barbarian tribe. The word 'Celt' is from the word 'Keltoi,' The Greeks term for
these people was 'Galatai'. They were also known as Gaelic, Goidelic or QCeltic.
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The Celtic societies were organized around warfare. Many historian
writers have said that they were a very violent and insane group of people.
Raids and hunting were considered a war of sport. The Celtic method of
warfare was a very strange one. They would stand in front of the opposing
army and while facing them, proceed to scream and beat their spears and
swords against their shields. This was done in hopes of scaring them. If this did
not work the first time, they would return to their starting points and do the
process again.
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The Celtics divided their society into three groups: 1). a warrior
aristocracy, 2). an intellectual class that included druids, poets, and jurists, and
3). everyone else. The main source of food come from cattle. Women were the
overseers of the cattle. One way that the Celts survived was by cattle-raids.
They would have their younger warriors steal the cattle of other groups. Their
society was not based on a selling of items, instead they used a bartering
system.
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Describe the Celts
type of warfare.
The Celts who went
to Ireland were called
what?
When did they first
arrive in Ireland?
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Tell about their main
source of food.
Read Who are the Celts?
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labels and glue onto blank spaces.
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The Great Potato Famine
The Great Potato Famine was a horrible period in Ireland's history
that lasted from 1845 to 1852. During this time of starvation, disease and
mass emigration, the population of Ireland was reduced by 20 to 25
percent. The cause of the famine was from a disease called “late blight.”
Late blight is a plant disease that attacks potatoes.
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During this time millions of people in Ireland starved or were forced to
leave their homes. Due to the late blight infection, entire potato crops
rotted in both fields and in storage bins. Late blight is caused by a fungal
pathogen that survives from one season to the next in infected potato
tubers.
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Although crops throughout Europe were affected, the disease hit the
Irish much harder because potatoes were the country's main food source.
This one disease had a large impact on the population, as well as the
political and social networks of this country. To this day, it is still a major
subject of historical debate.
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Read The Great Potato Famine.
Hamburger fold on the middle line. Cut out around the
shape of potato. Do not cut fold. Glue into lapbook with
title showing.
Directions: Inside, write some facts about the potato
famine that you learned from your study guide.
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Great Potato
Famine
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Irish Music and Dance
Irish music has been put together from many different musical
forums from all over the entire island of Ireland, both north and south of
its borders. The music of the island is termed Irish traditional music.
Even though many different types of music have tried to influence the
Irish music, it has managed to keep its traditional form.
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Irish music has influenced other music types such as country, rock
and roll, and even punk. Irish dance music includes reels, hornpipes and
jigs. In the nineteenth century, the polka arrived. Later the imported
dances began arriving in Ireland including the mazurka and the
highlands.
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All children in Ireland learn to dance the traditional step dance. The
most famous of all Irish dances is the River dance. It is known in Ireland
as Step dancing. It has very precise rules about what one may and may
not do, but within these rules, leeway is provided for innovation and
variety.
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The art of the step dance is the unique ability of keeping your
hands and upper body very stiff with quick, intricate movements of the
feet. The dancing must be done on a hard surface. In olden times,
people would even take their doors off of their hinges and dance atop of
them.
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Read Irish Music and Dance.
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the top or connect with a brad. Glue into lapbook.
Directions: Fill in information on each circle about the
Irish music and dance.
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Irish Music
and Dance
What kinds of dances are
included in Irish dancing?
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What kinds of music have
been influenced by Irish
music?
Describe how River dance is
done. Try it yourself!
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Traditional Irish Clothing
The clothing of ancient Ireland included many different pieces. The
clothing of a person depending greatly on his age, job and income.
Most peasants and farms wore and outfit called a cloak. It was a large
piece of wool that covered the length of the body. It usually did not have
sleeves and was tied at the waist with a rope. The wealthier men and
women wore a cape that had a hood to cover the head. Kilts were also worn
by the upper class by men.
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A tunic was common among all classes. The tunic extended to the
knee. An item called a mantle was layered over every tunic. It was made of
soft wool cloth. The bottom was cut in a segment of a circle. Both men and
women wore layers of clothing. Women would wear a apron over their
clothing during times of work
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At one time in history, how many colors a person could have in their
clothing was regulated by the law. A slave was only to dress in one solid
color. Peasants and farmers could layer two different colors into their
clothes. This numbering system continued on up the line to include soldiers,
heroes, lords, and learned men. The kings and queens were allow the
privilege of wearing six colors.
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Read Traditional Irish Clothing.
Cut out as one piece. Fold each flap inward on the line. Hole
punch a hole on each flap ( The places are marked). Glue
into lapbook.
Directions: Write down some things you have learned about
the traditional clothing of the Irish. Next, take a piece of yarn
or ribbon, run it through the holes and tie the booklet closed.
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Irish
Hole punch
Hole punch
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St. Patrick's Day in Ireland
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In Ireland, St. Patrick's Day is considered a religious festival. The
celebration begins the week before March 17th. The date of St. Patrick's Day
was chosen since it was the date St. Patrick died. It is a week long event that
includes a large spectacular fireworks display, street music, plays and the
traditional parade. The parade is considered the largest event of the week. The
people wear bunches of shamrocks on their lapels or caps. Children wear
tricolored (green, white and orange) badges. Girls traditionally wear green
ribbons in their hair. The main parade takes place in Dublin, but in most other
Irish towns and villages also have parades.
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It is tradition in Ireland for the entire Irish Government to travel abroad
during the St. Patrick's Day festival. The leaders travel to various countries all
over the world. It was a tradition in Britain, for the Queen to present bowls of
shamrocks, that had been flown over from Ireland, to all of the members of the
Irish Guards. A regiment in the British Army, is composed of Irish people from
both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In 1990, Ireland, began a
custom with the United States, where the Irish prime minister visits the White
House to present the President with a bowl of shamrocks.
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The traditional St. Patrick's Day meal is made up of corned beef and
cabbage. Even though many believe that this is handed down from an old Irish
meal, that is really only half true. Cabbage has been a staple in the Irish diet for
hundreds of years, but it was traditionally served with Irish bacon, not corned
beef. When the Irish immigrants came to America around the turn of the
century, many were very poor. They could not afford bacon. The immigrants
soon learned from their Jewish neighbors a cheaper alternative; corned beef.
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Read St. Patrick's Day in Ireland.
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together and glue into lapbook.
Directions: Write about the topics or questions listed on
each piece.
Dress
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St. Patrick’s Day
In Ireland
Tell how the Irish dress up for St. Patrick’s Day.
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Festivities
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Tell about some of the fun things the Irish do for St. Patrick’s Day.
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Government
Tell how the government officials celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
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Going
To America
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Tell what the Prime Ministers of Ireland do in America for St. Patrick’s Day.
Food
What are the foods the Irish traditionally eat on St. Patrick’s Day?
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Date
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What date is St. Patrick’s Day celebrated in Ireland?
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Adare Castle
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The most well known and impressive castle in Ireland is the Adare Castle. It
is located on the banks of the River Maigue. The first owner of the castle was
Geoffrey de Marisco in 1226. Later, in 1240, it was passed to the FitzGeralds.
Then the Earls of Kildare held ownership of the castle for nearly 300 years until
Silken Thomas's rebellion of 1536. At that point it was given to the Earl of
Desmond. Forty years later, in 1578, the Munster Geraldines found themselves in
rebellion and they too lost the castle to English troops after an eleven-day siege.
For the next three years, attempts to retrieve the castle were tried, but the only
result was a series of bloody sieges. Because of these battles, the castle fabric
was left badly damaged. Parliamentary troops finally dismantled the fabric of the
castle in 1657. Today the castle is in a dangerous condition, but plans to restore it
are in the works.
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