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The Gernon family experienced a downturn in fortunes and eventually, the Castle was sold at auction in 1939. The Castle was gutted and the parts were sold off for architectural salvage. A plan to demolish the castle and use the rubble to extend roads in the area came to nothing, and eventually what
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Of many legends about the Castle, which is said to be haunted, the most plausible is that King James II slept here on his way to the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, the Castle being only six miles from the battlefield. In fact, James II actually owned
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