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| Lismore Castle - This noble pile, situated near the town of the same name, in the county of Waterford, on the far-famed "Avondhu," - now called the Munster Blackwater - of the poet Spenser, is perhaps the stateliest baronial residence in Ireland. The original structure was founded on the site of an ancient Irish university by King John, when he was titular Lord of Ireland, in 1185, and since that period has undergone numerous reconstructions, having endured "the battles, sieges and fortunes" of frequent rebellions. |
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