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MITCHELSTOWN , a market town of Co. Cork
Great
Protestant
home for poor gentlefolk, founded by James, Lord Kingston, in 176o. The seat of the earls of Kingston was built in 1823. It is a massive castellated structure, among the finest of its kind in Ireland. The Mitchelstown limestone caves, exhibiting beautiful stalactite formations, are 6 m. distant in Co. Tipperary
scene of a riot in connexion with the Irish Nationalist " plan of campaign." The police were compelled to fire on the rioters, and two men were killed, after which the coroner
verdict of wilful murder against the police . This verdict was ignored by the government, and subsequently quashed by the Queen's Bench in Dublin, but additional feeling was roused in respect of the incident owing to a message later sent by Mr Gladstone ending with the words " Remember Mitchelstown."End of Article: MITCHELSTOWN If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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