Bill, I also found the article, could not find the next one, but if you type in History for your search word, I found this one-has a lot more Castle in West Cork's Castletownbere. Published in 1942, Du Maurier's family saga, based on the Irish ancestors of her friend Christopher Puxley, follows the lives of five generations of an Irish land-owning family, the Brodericks of Clonmore Castle from 1820 to 1920. But what many readers don't know is that Dunboy Castle is in fact the real 'Clonmore Castle', and Puxley residence. And if the walls of Dunboy Castle could talk, they would certainly have many a tale to tell of its turbulent history including being under siege during the Battle of Kinsale in 1601, or being burnt to the ground during the War of Independence. The castle is also famous as the location' of the Siege of Dunboy in 1602, which was the last armed resistance to the armies of Queen Elizabeth 1 at the end of the Nine Years War. During the siege the castle garrison of only 140 men held the castle for 11 days against an army of 4,000 men, before eventually being over-run. The castle, dating from the 16th century, was the original seat of the Beara branch of the O'Sullivans, known as the 'Sullivan Bere's, before the lands were acquired by the Puxley family around 1773. The Puxleys made a very lucrative living from smuggling, having formed an alliance with the O'Sullivans. But the smuggling soon came to an end when the English Revenue Commissioners appointed John Puxley as Surveyor of the Tides at Berehaven, in a clever effort to turn the poacher into a gamekeeper, so to speak. Puxley soon ran foul of the O'Sullivans in his new 'respectable' Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Gawne" <gawne@cesmail.net> To: "carrignua" <carrignua@comcast.net> Cc: "Beara" <Beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 8:34 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Evictions in Kilmacowen and Goulane (1907) > Hi Leesa, > > carrignua <carrignua@comcast.net> writes: > >> That was really interesting, Bill, >> I hope we can read the following week's lecture. > > I can't locate it online. That article appears to have been published > on Saturday, 1 Dec 2007. I can't find a followup to it. When I check > the index of Emera for "Cork and Coastal" articles in January and > February of 2008 there's nothing. I gather the website is updated > monthly with the articles from the monthly news magazine. > > -- Bill > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Terry, and all, Terry wrote: > Castle in West Cork's Castletownbere. Published in 1942, Du Maurier's family > saga, based on the Irish ancestors of her friend Christopher Puxley, Of course you're talking about _Hungry Hill_, Daphne DuMaurier's novel set in the old Puxley home and the region around it. My grandmother wore the covers off several copies and used to watch the film version of it every time it came on TV. Not so much because it's a great story (it really isn't) but because it was a story about the place she'd grown up. If you can find a used copy on line it's probably worth the price to get it and read it just for the history of the Beara region. Just keep in mind that Daphne DuMaurier never actually visited Beara while she was writing the novel, so she gets some of the detail wrong. -- Bill

Terry, Wasn't O'Sullivan Beare's Castle west of Dunboy Castle? We were sent on west a bit and found ruins of an older castle and were told it had been O'Sullivan Beare's. I'd love to see Dunboy Castle now. Cows were tramping through the mud within its walls when we were there. Leesa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald Barnes" <barnes149@comcast.net> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 9:22 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Evictions in Kilmacowen and Goulane (1907) > Bill, > I also found the article, could not find the next one, but if you type in > History for your search word, I found this one-has a lot more > Castle in West Cork's Castletownbere. Published in 1942, Du Maurier's > family > saga, based on the Irish ancestors of her friend Christopher Puxley, > follows > > > the lives of five generations of an Irish land-owning family, the > Brodericks > of Clonmore Castle from 1820 to 1920. But what many readers don't know is > > > that Dunboy Castle is in fact the real 'Clonmore Castle', and Puxley > residence. And if the walls of Dunboy Castle could talk, they would > certainly have > > > many a tale to tell of its turbulent history including being under siege > during the Battle of Kinsale in 1601, or being burnt to the ground during > the > > > War of Independence. The castle is also famous as the location' of the > Siege > of Dunboy in 1602, which was the last armed resistance to the armies of > Queen > > > Elizabeth 1 at the end of the Nine Years War. During the siege the castle > garrison of only 140 men held the castle for 11 days against an army of > 4,000 > > > men, before eventually being over-run. The castle, dating from the 16th > century, was the original seat of the Beara branch of the O'Sullivans, > known > as > > > the 'Sullivan Bere's, before the lands were acquired by the Puxley family > around 1773. The Puxleys made a very lucrative living from smuggling, > having > > > formed an alliance with the O'Sullivans. But the smuggling soon came to an > end when the English Revenue Commissioners appointed John Puxley as > Surveyor > > > of the Tides at Berehaven, in a clever effort to turn the poacher into a > gamekeeper, so to speak. Puxley soon ran foul of the O'Sullivans in his > new > 'respectable' > Terry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Gawne" <gawne@cesmail.net> > To: "carrignua" <carrignua@comcast.net> > Cc: "Beara" <Beara@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 8:34 PM > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Evictions in Kilmacowen and Goulane (1907) > > >> Hi Leesa, >> >> carrignua <carrignua@comcast.net> writes: >> >>> That was really interesting, Bill, >>> I hope we can read the following week's lecture. >> >> I can't locate it online. That article appears to have been published >> on Saturday, 1 Dec 2007. I can't find a followup to it. When I check >> the index of Emera for "Cork and Coastal" articles in January and >> February of 2008 there's nothing. I gather the website is updated >> monthly with the articles from the monthly news magazine. >> >> -- Bill >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >