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They can't be a very proudly Catholic family if some of them converted Sir.

An example of that conversion here in Fingal would be the Talbot family who owned Malahide castle up until the 1970's. The Talbots backed the wrong horse at the Boyne - four of their sons were killed there - and subsequently converted to Protestantism to retain their lands. However, as was the...

George Fleming sounds like a Prod.

Wasn't there a famine around that time Sir?

My apologies Bocht. I've gone to TG4 Player to find the episode and it was of course John O'Donovan. I should have known. But in my sleepy stupor I didn't notice the Irish name was Seán Ó Donnabháin! The Link to the episode is below. The piece on Fore Abbey begins at 17mins...

No Sir. I know of John O'Donovan. A very good series was done on him a couple of years ago by John Creedon. This was another individual who had a Gaelic name.

Bocht, Fore Abbey was on a TG4 show about holy wells called Ag Triall ar an Tobar. I recognised it straight away from your video. I didn't know about the 7 miracles nor the guy who conducted the Ordnance Surveys 200 years ago As Gailge.

I heard Shakespeare was from Co Kildare and was related to Silken Thomas.

Fair play Sir. I went to school with a few Nugents. I'm guessing its a Norman name?

Bocht is that you doing the video???!!!

Do you think he's somewhat vain in that he keeps talking about his family and how great they were?

Bocht, did this self incarceration serve any purpose?