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| CASTLEBAR, COUNTY MAYO.-Castlebar-Gaelic, Caislen-an-Bharraigh-(Barry's Castle), called after one of the Norman war chiefs who built a stronghold there centuries ago, is the capital of the County Mayo, and one of the most famous of Irish towns, although its celebrity is of rather recent date. Within a mile or so of this burgh, on August 27th, 1798, the invading French under General Hambert, who had landed at Killala on the 22d of that month, augmented by a corps of Irish peasants dressed in the uniform of the Republic, attacked a reatly superior British force, commanded by Generals Lake and Hutchinson, and totally routed it, capturing the artillery and a large number of prisoners. |
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