Gulliver wrote:The definitive history of the castle is told in Francis Erlington Ball's "A History of the County Dublin". He seems to consider it so important that it is Chapter 1 of Vol 1 of his huge history.
Maxjc wrote:Over the doorway, leading to the chapel of the castle, was a head, carved in stone, representing Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Legend has it that one of the Cromwellian soldiers, levelled an insult at the holy statue and was at once, smitten with blindness.
Tradition has it that once a year, a representative of the Cheevers family, came to the Blackrock Cross, to throw a spear, over the Cross, to assert his claim to the land, as far as he stood.
Source: Chevers of Killyan, by Frederica S. Chevers.
Maxjc wrote:I have recently completed a book on Chevers, from its early Norman origin, with a Dublin chapter, which covers Monkstown in considerable detail. As to an interview, I live most of the year in Spain,
but I am contactable by phone on a U.K. phone number...441689768732, alternatively by mobile....34634359342, by email:maxchevers@hotmail.co.uk. I am also on Facebook and Messenger.
I do not expect to be in Ireland until Heritage Week, in August, when I expect to have a Book Launch in Dublin and another in Co. Galway.
The book is entitled 'The House of Chevers' and is available through Fast-Print Bookshop, and also appears under Amazon UK, which I did not authorise, since I agreed to forgo any royalties, for consent of TCD to use their transcriptions, of the 1641 Depositions. The book is in A4, 368pp, part colour, and a bit of a heavyweight at 1.8 kilos.
With best regards,
Max Chevers
Denis Cromie wrote:There's no end to the diversity of topics on this site. Take a bow Strum.![]()
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Strum wrote:Denis Cromie wrote:There's no end to the diversity of topics on this site. Take a bow Strum.![]()
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Cheers Denis, not me though, it's the input of the members. Interesting stuff alright.
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