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The Bulletin
Fix this text“The Bulletin,” Vol. 68—No. 3520
Fix this textWednesday, July 30, 1947
Fix this textPrice 6d.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaper.
Fix this textSeppelts
Fix this textHISTORIC BIRR CASTLE IS IN KING’S COUNTY, IRELAND
Fix this textDIRR derives its name from Biorra, an ancient abbey founded
Fix this textby St. Brendan. A great battle was fought there in the third
Fix this textcentury between Cormac, son of Con of the Hundred Battles, and
Fix this textthe people of Munster. The district originally formed a part of
Fix this textEly O’Carroll, and the castle was the seat of the O’Carroll chief-
Fix this texttains. It was granted by King Henry II to Philip de Worcester,
Fix this textbut its owners defended their territory so persistently that it
Fix this textfrequently alternated between its English and Irish masters. It
Fix this textwas not included in King’s County until the reign of James I.
Fix this textThat monarch assigned it to Lawrence Parsons, brother of Sir
Fix this textWilliam Parsons, one-time surgeon-general. Cromwell attacked
Fix this textBirr, and his son-in-law Ireton took it in 1650, and it was again
Fix this textbesieged m the Jacobite war of 1688-90. Birr has been noted as
Fix this textthe residence of the Earl of Ross—descendant of the Parsons-
Fix this textfamed for his astronomical pursuits and his great reflecting
Fix this texttelescope. One of Ireland’s most interesting castles, Birr is steeped
Fix this textin romantic and historic associations.
Fix this textThe House of Seppelt. .. producers of
Fix this textCHATEAU TANUNDA BRANDY
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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