Baggotrath Castle

Sir Edward Perrers' widow Joanna, to whom the castle had passed on their only son's death in 1428, died having appointed James Cornwalsh, the Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, as her executor.

[4] Cornwalsh took possession of the castle, a move which was greatly resented by Sir Edward Perrers' daughter Ismaye, who had married into the wealthy and acquisitive Fitzwilliam family of Dundrum.

Her husband raised a substantial troop of soldiers, attacked the castle, and according to the charges laid against him, he "feloniously murdered" the judge, who was sitting peacefully at supper, quite unaware of the dangers.

[2] In July 1649 the Irish Royalist leader, James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde advanced on Dublin, which was held by Parliamentary forces under Colonel Michael Jones.

[9] Its ruins were described in detail by Austin Cooper in 1778, and drawn by Francis Grose in 1791, some years before what remained of the castle was demolished by the corporation to allow for the extension of Baggot Street.