Events

• The castle which gave Newcastle, County Wicklow
  Newcastle, County Wicklow
  Newcastle is a village situated on the R761 that runs along the East Coast of County Wicklow, Ireland from Bray to Wicklow town. It is about south of Dublin and 2 km east of the N11. Newcastle had a population of 1,636 in the village and hinterland in the census of 2002.- History :The...
  
   its name was completed. It was built on an earlier Irish fortification in the territory of the O'Byrne's by the Norman
  Normans
  The Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Norse Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...
  
   Hugh de Lacy
  De Lacy
  de Lacy is the surname of an old Norman noble family originating from Lassy . The first records are about Hugh de Lacy . Descendent of Hugh de Lacy left Normandy and travelled to England along with William the Conqueror. Walter and Ilbert de Lacy fought in the battle of Hastings...
  
  , then governor of Ireland under Henry II
  Henry II of England
  Henry II ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the...
  
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