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shows the castle partially ruined. An 1878 account said the keep of
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Mountgarrett is in the
Electoral Division of New Ross Rural. It is in Saint Marys civil parish, Barony of Bantry in County Wexford. It has an area of 35.56 hectares (87.9 acres). It lies along the
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Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints: Compiled from Original Monuments and Other Authentic Records, Illustrated with the Remarks of Judicious Modern Critics and Historians
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had given
Barrett authority "to treat with Irish and English enemies in the counties of Wexford, Kilkenny and Carlow for the purpose of reforming them to peace." In the mid-16th century
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