Fagan's Gate Revisited

In January of 2012, I contacted the folks who take care of Saint Audoen's Park in Dublin. We had a very informative exchange if information about Fagan's Gate & Fagan's Tower (see Fagan's Tower).

Fagan's Gate

Sean Redmond, the Executive Parks Superintendent has charge of Saint Audoen's Park, and did not realise that one of the gates to the park was called Fagan's Gate. He provided a picture of Fagan's Gate, which was constructed in the 1980s. It's known as Fagan's gate as Fagan's Castle/Tower was located "near [sic] this site". He attached a study of Saint Audoen's, and asked the City Archaeologist, Ruth Johnston, to send more detailed information.

Ms. Johnson also added comments from premier historian Professor Howard Clarke on the subject:
"There seem to be two Fagan sites. One is the mural tower (see tower) included in Perrot's survey, otherwise known as the Watch Tower, south of Newgate. The other is a gate in the original (inner) north wall west of St Audoens' Arch and linking Cornmarket with Cook Street. In Paddy Healy's catalogue ('Medieval Dublin', ed. Clarke, vol. 1, p. 190) it is stated to have been in Page's Court and that both passage and gate were still standing in 1788 (source not cited). But Rocque's map (1756) shows both Purcels Court and Padgets Alley as parallel lanes in that location, with a house blocking the lower (Cook Street) end in each case. I am not sure whether Paddy got this right. In any case, it would seem that the subject needs investigation. Archaeologically the whole lot is presumably buried underneath St Audoen's Park."

Quite a few of the older maps do indeed point to a 'gate' to the west of St. Audoen's (or St. Owen's) Gate in the north mural wall of Dublin. Some of the maps actually name this gate as 'Fagan's gate'.

The following description seems to start at St. Audoen's, then to the east to Fagan's (castle/gate/portal) and around to Newgate:

"St. Audöen's-gate was one of the portals in the ancient city wall, which extended from it north of St. Audöen's churchyard to a building called Fagan's castle (gate?) in Page's-court, where was another portal, and from thence they extended to Newgate. Pembridge, a writer from the fourteenth century, notices the existence, at that period of a tower over this gate, the erection of which some writers seem to have erroneously assigned to the year 1316."

A History of the City of Dublin, by John Thomas Gilbert and James Duffy, Duffy, 1861, p. 287.

As does this one:

"In the annals of Ireland publifhed by Camden at the end of his Britannia, afcribed by fome (a) to Philip Flatifbury, but by others, (b) more truly to Chriftopher Pembridge, it is faid, 'that the church of the dominicans (c) was in the year 1316 deftroyed by the mayor and citizens of Dublin, when they expected to be befeiged by Edward Bruce and the ftones converted to the building of the city walls, which were enlarged on the north part above Merchant's Quay; for that fornerly the walls ran by the church of St. Owen, where (proceeds Pembrige) we ftill fee a tower beyond the gate in the ftreet where the taverns are.' i.e. in Wine-tavern-ftreet. From this defcription given by Pembridge, fome judgment may be formed how the antiemt walls of the city were carried, namely, from Wine-tavern-gate along the fouth fide of Cook-street, till they joined Owen's-arch, which yet remains, and was a portal to the city, and from thence were continued north of Owen's church-yard to a caftle called Fagan's-caftle, in Page's-court, where was another portal, and from thence they extended to New-gate."
(a) Staniuft Defcrip. Hib. cap.7. (b) Ware de Script, cap. 10. et. 12. (c) On the Inn's-quay.

The History and Antiquities of the City of Dublin, from the Earliest Accounts Compiled from Authentick Memoirs, Offices of Record, .., by Walter Harris, Printed for Laurence Flinn; and James Williams, 1766, pp. 55–56

This old photograph shows an area that coincides with where Fagan's Gate would have been. If you look closely, the gate looks very similar to 'Fagan's Gate' which now stands in St. Audoen's Park

Fagan's Tower

Descriptions from the past give us the location of Fagan's Tower (also called 'the Watch Tower').

The Dublin Historic Towns Atlas Vol.I records it as follows:

"Fagan's Tower John Dillon Street E. Richard Fagan's Tower, round outside the city wall and square inside, 32ft high, walls 2ft thick 1585 (Circuit). Probably North Wall excavated (Coughlan, Tim, The Anglo-Norman houses of Dublin', in Duffy (ed.) Medieval Dublin 2000, 229-30)."

And from another source:

"From the towre in Mr. Sedgraves pocession to the towre in Mr. Richard Fagan [h]is pocession is 90 foote distant, and the wall agreeing in like height and thicknis as aforesaid, and no rampier within said parte of the wall, but the licke buttris without as befor. The said towre in Mr. Fagans pocession is a rounde towre withowt, and square within, and nether vawte no lofte, but a waye going upe unto the tope, being ten foote sqware upon the tope, with a garett and fyve lowps in the waye going upe, and the towre 32 foote hie and 2 foote thicke besydes the thicknis of the stayres."
"From the towre in Mr. Fagans pocession to the sowth-easte towre of the Newe gate is 120 foote distant, the wall 17 foote hies and fyve foot thicke, and no ramier within said wall, but howses joyning close to the said wall within, and the licke buttris with-owt the said wall, ad the other parte of the said wall hawe befor."

Calendar of Ancient Records of Dublin: in the Possession of the Municipal Corporation of That City, by John T. Gilbert, Vol. II, Joseph Dollard, 1891, p. 553. From Appendix II Circuit Walls of Dublin [1583]

Ms. Johnson then sent a map of the medieval walled circuit with St. Audoen's Arch (Gate) marked on it (see #28). If you look at the map, the red line of the 'surviving city wall' to the west of St. Audoen's Arch is where I believe Fagan's Gate was located... roughly about 200 feet west of St. Audoen's Arch.

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I'd like to give my thanks to all who responded from Dublin and beyond. It appears that in the 1980s a NEW Fagan's gate was put in place near the spot where Fagan's Castle once stood. This is an ongoing bit of research so please check back!

Castles of the Fagans

There are references to Fagan Castle, Fagan's Castle, Fagan's Gate in the Dublin area, and a Fagan that owned property and possibly a castle in Bullock

Fagan's Castle & Fagan's Gate (Dublin)

There are references to Fagan's Castle in Burke's Peerage & Gentry in reference to Christopher Fagan, Mayor of Dublin (1573), High Sheriff (1565) and his son "Thomas, of Castle Fagan and Palmerston, Co Dublin".

According to Samuel A. Ossory Fitzpatrick in his 1907 work "Dublin: A Historical and Topographical Account of the City": In an area of Palmerstown, near High Street and Cork Street, ..."the most interesting relic of the ancient fortifications is to be found in St. Audoen's Arch, situated at a distance of 51 feet from the northern wall of the church of the same name, and forming part of the inner wall built by the citizens to repel Edward Bruce, and which extended from that gate, north of St. Audoen's churchyard, to a building called Fagan's Castle in Pagee's Court, where there was another portal, and thence to New Gate."

St. Audoen's Park, although less than 0.5 hectares in size, is quite significant in historical terms. Located adjacent to St. Audoen's Church (1300 A.D.), it incorporates the first stone city wall dating from about 1100 A.D.; St. Audoen's Arch, the last surviving entrance to the old city; and Fagan's Gate.

According to a group called Dublin Studies at Dublin's official website, "Fagan's castle and gate were situated in Page's Court, a passage between Cornmarket and Cook Street within the old Dublin City Walls. Fagan's Castle stood there until 1788. They may have been named after the Fagans of Feltrim. Feltrim, near Malahide, was the site of their ancestral residence. Their burial place in the 16th and 17th centuries was at St. Audeon's Church, also within the old city walls.

According to the Malahide Historical Society's Illustrated Guide to Historical Malahide - Part II:

Bullock Castle:

From "Bullock Through the Ages" (compiled by Alice and Mairead)

Bullock Castle stands on the Dun Laoghaire - Dalkey Road welcoming visitors to this beautiful and historic area. The castle fell into disuse and luckily was left unchanged by it many owners. Now the first phase of restoration has been completed, the new roof keeps out the rain and the repaired stonework has dried out.

The Castle of Bullock, to which a modern house has been attached, forms a conspicuous object on the road from Kingstown to Dalkey. It stands between the road and the sea, and overhangs a creek, now converted into a harbour.

Mr. J. H. Parker, c.b., an eminent authority on Gothic architecture, who inspected the Castle in 1859, formed the opinion that it was a structure of the 12th century. He says that it is built of plain and rude masonry, and that in plan it is a simple oblong. The lower story is vaulted throughout, and the rooms in it, he thought, were probably used as a store-house.

Above the vault the Castle is divided into two unequal portions. In the larger division there are two principal rooms, one over the other, with small, round-headed windows and doorways; each of these rooms is provided with a fireplace, and there is a garderobe in a turret at one corner, and a small closet in another, with a staircase between.

The smaller division of the house is divided into three stories, above the vaults, probably for bedrooms; there are no fireplaces, and the windows are squareheaded. The two ends of the building are higher than the centre, but, in Mr. Parker's opinion, it is all part of one design and was built together; the battlements are in the form of steps.

Under one portion of the Castle there is an archway, probably used to pass from one courtyard to another, and there were, when Mr. Parker made his inspection, remains of a bawn, as well as of a tower, which has since disappeared, but which stood about 100 yards from the Castle on the Dalkey side.

The Fagan "Connection"

From A history of the county Dublin (Google Books):

During the 16th century the Castle and the lands had been assigned by the Taibots to members of one of the great Dublin mercantile families of the day, the Fagans, whose principal residence was Feltrim, near Swords, and whose ancestors had been amongst the earliest English settlers; and we find amongst the members of the family in possession of Bullock, Christopher Fagan and his younger brother, Richard, each of whom filled the high position of Mayor of Dublin.

When the Great Rebellion broke out in October, 1641, the eldest son of Richard Fagan, Mr. John Fagan, was in occupation of the Castle, and, whether from compulsion or inclination, appears (from depositions made afterwards) to have rendered the rebels much assistance. One of the first efforts to reduce to obedience the neighbourhood of Dublin was made at Bullock, and it was the scene of cruel retaliation for the outrages which had been committed.

A month after the rising a party of soldiers, under the command of Colonel Lawrence Crawford, an officer of more courage than judgement, descended on the village, and, finding that the inhabitants on their approach had put to sea, the soldiers pursued them in boats, and threw them-men, women and children, to the number of 56 - overboard.

All through that winter the southern part of the County Dublin remained at the mercy of the rebels. Shortly before Christmas, John Fagan came from Feltrim to his Castle at Bullock and, according to the evidence of his servant, finding no provisions ready for him, went on to Carrickmines Castle, which, belonged to his relatives, the Walshes. It was the headquarters of the rebels, and to it he sent, subsequently, from Bullock supplies of fish and a small cannon, which had been on the battlements.

In the following March Carrickmines Castle was levelled with the ground, and, a few weeks later, another descent was made on Bullock, this time by Colonel Gibson's regiment, and some of the men found there were killed and others brought prisoners to Dublin.

The Castle was then seized by the Crown, and a garrison of soldiers was maintained in it until the Commonwealth was established in Ireland. At first the garrison was in charge of Colonel Crawford, but, on the cessation with the Irish, he joined the army of the Parliament in England, and a Captain Richard Newcomen succeeded him. In Newcomen's time the garrison consisted of seven non-commissioned officers and 60 men, under command of himself, Lieutenant Valentine Wood, and Ensign Arthur Whithead, the weekly charge for the soldiers being £7, and for the officers £1 3s.

In 1644 the defences of the Castle were strengthened by the construction of a rampart, furnished with three cannon, which were conveyed to Bullock by boat under a military escort, and the erection of a guard house. The estimated cost of this work, which appears to have been exceeded, was £25; brick was the material used, and masons, carpenters, carters, and labourers, who were fed from the regimental canteen, were employed.

At the time of the Battle of Rathmines the authorities of the Parliament had friends at Bullock, and the garrison had probably joined their forces. During the Commonwealth Bullock, owing to the anchorage of the warships near it was, like Dunleary, a place of importance, and soldiers, doubtless, were kept in the Castle.

In 1656 Captain Richard Roe, who was buried at Lusk, died there, and, in 1659, Captain Abraham Aldgate, who was reprimanded for giving assistance to Edmund Ludlow, and who pleaded lack of intelligence to understand the marvellous changes of the time, fled thither on horseback from Dublin, and took refuge on his ship.

The inhabitants were not left without religious consolation and, in 1658, the Rev. Nathaniel Hoyle, B.D., a Fellow of Trinity College, and afterwards a prebendary in Emly Diocese, was paid £100 a year by the Parliament for acting as minister of Bullock.

At the time of the Restoration Bullock was stated to be "a fair ancient town of fishing"; its slated Castle and bawn were in good repair, the haven was accounted a safe one, and there was a population of fifteen English and ninety-five Irish, inhabiting some twenty houses.

John Fagan had died shortly after the Rebellion, in 1643, and had been succeeded by his grandson, Christopher Fagan. The latter had been of service to the Royalist Army in the later years of Charles the First's reign, and, on the Restoration, was restored as an innocent Roman Catholic to all the family possessions, including the Castle and lands of Bullock, and the revenue from chief fish, tithe fish, customs, and fish and corn tithe.

The Fagan family, however, did not long remain in possession, as Richard Fagan, who succeeded his father, Christopher Fagan, on his death, in 1683, was, after the Revolution, attainted for treason committed at Swords, and his property all confiscated.

Bullock and its lands were sold by the Crown, and purchased, for £1,750, by Colonel Allen, of Stillorgan, afterwards the first Viscount Allen, whose representative, the Earl of Carysfort, is now the owner of the soil.

The Rectory and tithes were at the same time given to augment the vicarages of Kill-of-the-Grange and Stillorgan, then under the charge of the curate of Monkstown, and possessing no church of their own.

So far back as the time of Charles I. there had been a revenue officer at Bullock, and, after the Restoration, one Jenkin Hopkins applied for that position. In the beginning of the 18th century the office was no sinecure and, in addition to his duties with regard to the revenue, the officer had to watch the illegal exportation of recruits for the French service.

A detachment of soldiers was, in 1731, sent to Bullock, to prevent the embarkation of men thus enlisted, and only arrived in time to find that "the wild geese," to the number of 40, had flown the preceding night, in company with some French officers.

The prevention of smuggling led often to serious rioting and, in 1735, a great battle took place at Bullock, in consequence of the seizure of a quantity of brandy and tea, and one of the revenue officers was wounded and two of the smugglers killed. In 1743 a Mr. Anthony Robinson filled the position of riding officer at Bullock, and displayed much activity in seizing whiskey concealed in churns, as well as chocolate, seal skins, and tortoise shell, which were being brought from Galway to Dublin.

Fagans of Dublin

THE FAMILY OF FAGAN

so intimately connected with this locality, is of high antiquity in Ireland, and much distinguished in its annals, as well as in the history of other countries.

    In the year 1022, died Flan O'Fagan, archdean of Durrow in the King's County, "a man in real estimation for goodness, wisdom and exemplary piety." In the thirteenth century the name was established as one of tenure in Meath, as the ancient denominations of Faganstown and Derry-Fagan testify; and there tha Fagans early connected themselves with the de Lacys; the Plunketts, ancestors of the Earls of Louth; the Barnewalls of Crickstown, ancestors of the Viscounts Kingsland, and the Barons of Turvey and Trimlestown. About the year 1275 Nicholas de Hynteberg and others confirmed to Sir Robert Bagod a certain stone house with all its appurtenances of wood and stone, situated within the walls of the city of Dublin, and in the parish of St. Martin near St. Werburgh's gate, which had been theretofore the land of William Fagan, together with a certain tower beyond said gate.

    In 1334, Richard Fagan had a pension of twenty marks charged on the treasury of Ireland, in consideration of his good service against O'Reilly and Bermingham, and in 1343 had a further grant of part of the lands forfeited by his father-in-law, Sir Hugh de Lacy, for the term of his own life and that of his son John. This John was in 1358 high sheriff of the Liberties of Meath, and in 1373 was appointed governor of the castle of Trim. In 1402 Nicholas Fagan was one of two commissioners deputed to collect state supplies in the barony of Morgallion, and in 1423 Sir John Fagan was constituted high sheriff of the liberties of Meath, and received a writ of mandamus to muster the forces of his district, in order to repel the incursions of the O'Connors and O'reillys, "the avowed enemies of the English Pale." His son Richard Fagan, was in 1457 high sheriff of the liberties of Meath, and in the following year obtained a pension of twenty marks, on account of the heavy expense he had sustained in the king's service during his employment.

    Christopher Fagan, the representative of the Meath line and the inheritor of their estates, was involved in the civil wars that arose in Ireland during the reign of Henry the Seventh, and in particular in the assertion of Perkin Warbeck's title to the crown. This Christopher was (with as it is said four of his sons) slain at the siege of Carlow, and having been attained, his estates were on inquisition of 1494 ascertained, and subsequently granted over to the Aylmers, Barnewalls, and other nobles of the Pale. John, the youngest son of Christopher, escaped the fatal field where his father aand brothers perished, and flying to Cork, intermarried about the year 1514 with the daughter of William Skiddy of Skiddy's Castle, by whom he had Thomas Fagan, afterwards one of the citizens of Cork, who not only opposed the proclaiming of King James, and the entrance of the Lord Mountjoy into the city, but even took forcible possession of Skiddy's Castle.

    To return to the line of Christopher, – his eldest son Richard, who fell with him at Carlow, left a son, Thomas Fagan, who acquired the estate of Feltrim, and had two sons, Christopher and Richard; the former was one of the sheriffs of the city of Dublin in 1565, and again in 1573, as was the latter in 1575, and Lord Mayor in 1587. In 1604 this Richard obtained a pardon of alienation for himself and his son and heir John Fagan of Feltrim, and dying in 1609, was buried in the family vault at St. Audeon's. John intermarried with Alicia, the daughter of Walter Segrave, by whom he had issue four sons. A short time after the decease of his father he surrendered his estates to the Crown, and not only obtained a new grant thereof by letters patent in 1611, but also got a grant of several lands in the county of Wexford in 1637. His eldest son, Richard, intermarried with Eleanor Fagan, the heiress of the Meath estates, by which event all the estates of the Fagan family vested in the house of Feltrim. By her he had Christopher Fagan who succeeded thereto, but was declared a forfeiting proprietor during the civil wars of 1641. On proof, however, of his innocence, he was in 1670 decreed to the possession thereof, qualified into an estate in tail male. The other three sons of John Fagan were Thomas and George, who both died unmarried, and John, who became founder of the Munster line, the last representatives of the Fagans of Feltrim.

    Early in the seventeenth century, branches of the family were settled in the county Carlow; while in 1617 died the learned Nicholas Fagan, whom the Pope had preferred from the abbey of Inislaunaght, to the see of Waterford. He was interred in the religious house over which he had presided.

    In 1666, Patrick Fagan preferred his memorial to the Court of Claims, as a soldier, for certain lands in the county Louth enumerated in his petition and schedule; and in 1682 died Christopher Fagan, as mentioned in the notice of "Feltrim", leaving two sons, Richard and Peter, and a daughter, Elizabeth, who intermarried with Claude, the fourth Lord Strabane. Richard was a zealous adherent of King James the Second, and distinguished himself at the siege of Derry, as commemorated in the quaint lines on the subject:

   Bellew left Duleek, and his ancient hall,
      To see his monarch righted;
   Fagan of Feltrim, with Fingal,
      His cavalry united;
   'Twas part of the plan, that Lord Strabane
      Should give his neighbors warning
   But they packed him off with a shot and a scoff
      His hollow council scorning.

    Richard also fought for the Stuart at the battle of Aughrim, and consequently forfeited all his estates. He left three daughters by his wife Eleanor Aylmer, of Lyons, one of whom, Helen, was married, as mentioned hereafter, to John Taylor of Swords; another, Mary, to John Eustace, of Confee Castle; and the third, Anne, died unmarried. Peter, the younger brother, is noticed at "St. Doulogh's;" he died without issue.

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Fagans of Feltrim

...a copy of which can be viewed via Google. Since it is in the public domain, I felt it was safe to provide a partial copy here.

FAGAN, WILLIAM, esq. of Cork, chief in Ireland, of the ancient family of Fagan of Feltrim, m. in 1827, Mary, daughter of Charles Addis, esq. of Westminster, and had issue.

Lineage

   PATRICK O'HAGAN, alias Fagan, second son of John O'Hagan, Baron of Tullagh-Og in Tyrone, by Catherine, his wife, daughter of Hugh Mac Mahon, Baron of Furney, and second brother of Bryan More Mac Mahon, Dynast of Monagan, accompanied his father in 1180, in his expedition at the head of the forces of Tyrone, to the assistance of O'Melaghlin, Prince of Meath, in order to repel the encroachments of the English settlers in his principality. So soon as the object of the expedition was fulfilled, the troops returned to their respective homes; but Patrick O'Hagan remained in Meath, where he married Dorthea, daughter of Cormac or Charles O'Melaghlin, son to the last reigning Prince of that name, and aquired her large territory, which was confirmed to him later by charter in 1210, by Walter deLacy, lord of Meath, in obedience to the command of King John, then in Ireland. From that period Patrick assumed the English costume, and the English name, and served his lord paramount with attachment and fidelity. In 1233, he accompanied William deLacy on an incursion into O'Reilly's country, bordering on the province of Meath, and was slain with William deLacy, and others of the English and Irish cheifs. His son,
   JOHN FAGAN, of Derry Fagan, Faganston, Monrath, &c. in Meath, also supported the English interest until his death in 1248. He m. Ann, daughter of Sir Alexander Plunkett, knt. and was father of
   PATRICK FAGAN, of Derry Fagan, Faganston, Monrath, &c. who m. Susanna, daughter of Sir John Barnewell, knt. of Crickstown, and dying in 1274 was s. by his son,
   RICHARD FAGAN, of Derry Fagan, Faganston, Monrath, &c. who got a librate of 20 marks upon the treasury of Ireland, in consideration of his good services against O'Reilly and Birmingham, and in 1343, a further grant of the lands forfeited by his father-in-law, Sir Hugo de Lacy. He m. Margaret, daughter of the said Hugo de Lacy, and dies in 1348, leaving a son and successor,
   JOHN FAGAN, of Derry Fagan, Faganston, &c. constituted high sheriff of the liberties of Meath by letters patent, dated 32 Edward III. and governor of the castle of Trim for life, in the 47th of the same reign. He m. Ann, daughter of Hugh Mac Canna, baron of Trucha, in the county of Monaghan, and was s. by his son,
   SIR HUGH FAGAN, knt. of Derry Fagan, Faganston &c. who, with his son and heir John Fagan, then of full age, attended the court of Richard II. in Dublin, in 1399, and did homage, surrendering all their lordships, but the King not only gave them a new grant of the possessions to hold them from the crown of England by knights services and fealty, but also created them knights. Sir Hugh m. Eleanora, daughter of Sir Robert Tuite, knt and was father of
   SIR JOHN FAGAN, knt. of Derry Fagan, Faganston &c. constituted high sheriff of the liberties of Meath by letters patent in 1423. He m. More or Morelin, daughter of James White, by Margaret his wife, daughter of Conn O'Neill, and was s. by his son
   RICHARD FAGAN, esq. of Derry Fagan, high sheriff of the liberties of Meath in 1457. This gentleman, in liquidation of the great disbursements made by him in the king's service, obtained in 1438, a librate of 20 marks on the treasury of Ireland. He m. Cecily daughter, of Sir Roland Fitz Eustace, knt. baron Porchester, and had a son and successor
   CHRISTOPHER FAGAN, esq. of Derry Fagan, Faganston, Monrath, &c. who m. Catherine, daughter of James Fitzgerald, third son of Thomas, seventh Earl of Kildare, and had issue, RICHARD, Thomas, Hugh, James, and John. Christopher Fagan, taking part in the insurrection of Perkin Warbeck was attained, and his lands granted to Aylmer of Lyons, to Barnewalls, and others. He fell at the seige of Carlow in 1494, together with four of his sons. His youngest child however, John Fagan, escaped the slaughter and fled to the city of Cork, then holding out in the most formidable manner for Perkin. His deluded zeal for the cause he espoused was such, that he gotthe title Archrebel from the English writers of the history of the times.

The eldest son of Christopher,
   RICHARD FAGAN, esq. m. Anastasia, dau. of John Rochford, esq. of Killadown, in Meath, and of Carrick in the county of Kilkenny, and was father of,
   THOMAS FAGAN, esq. of Dublin, who was left, in 1494, and infant at his mother's breast, and brought by her, in the calamity of the times, to Dublin to her father's house, where special care was taken of the orphan, and Mr. Rochford providing for his education, eventually made ample provision for him. He married in 1524, Amy Nagle, daughter of the Baron of Navan, with whom he acquired considerable estates in the city and county of Dublin, as well as in the counties of Meath, Wexford and Sligo, as appears by the several grants and pardons of alienation made thereof to his male descendants by James I. Charles I. and Charles II. styled for him from Feltrim in the said county. He left two sons,

I. CHRISTOPHER, high sheriff of the county and city of Dublin in 1565, and lord mayor in 1573. He m.Joan, daughter of Sir James Fitz Simonds, knt. also lord mayor of Dublin, and had one son, and seven daughters, viz.

THOMAS, of Castle Fagan and Palmerston, in the county of Dublin, who bequeathed by his will, tested 10th of July 1599, all his estate real and personal to his only child,

Elinor, m. to her cousin RICHARD FAGAN, esq.

Margaret, m. to James Sherlock, esq. of Butler's town, in the county of Waterford.

Catherine, m. to Matthew Hancock, esq. lord mayor of Dublin.

Alisona, m. to Martin Hussey, esq.

Cecily, m. to D'Arcy of Platten.

Joan, m. to Walter Segrave, esq. son and heir to Christopher Segrave, lord mayor of Dublin.

Mary, m. to Thomas Nangle, Baron of Navan.

Mable, d. unmarried.

II. RICHARD, of whose descendants we have to treat.

The second son, ...

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