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    Oliver Castle was a medieval tower house, located in upper Tweedsdale in the Scottish Borders. The site of the hillfort known as Oliver Castle is to the...
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    the castle stands were settled in about 1658 by Capt. Robert Oliver, one of Oliver Cromwell's soldiers. The present castle replaced the former Castle Oliver...
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    probably a son of Gilbert. He married a sister of Oliver fitz Kylvert, the founder of Oliver Castle in upper Tweedsdale. They had three sons; Bernard...
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    Curwood Castle is a small castle, now a museum, located in Owosso, Michigan, built by the author James Oliver Curwood. James Curwood was born in Owosso...
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    Blarney Castle (Irish: Caisleán na Blarnan) is a medieval stronghold in Blarney, a town in Cork, Ireland. Though earlier fortifications were built on the...
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    east wall and the northeast tower of the Castle were damaged in 1650 during the siege of Kilkenny by Oliver Cromwell during the Cromwellian conquest of...
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    appointment. An early castle was probably built here by Simon Fraser of Oliver Castle between 1263 and 1266, while he held the office of High Sheriff of Tweeddale...
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    Lismore Castle (Irish: Caisleán an Lios Mhóir) is a castle located in the town of Lismore, County Waterford in the Republic of Ireland. It belonged to...
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    named Oliver Cromwell. Other public statues of Cromwell are the Statue of Oliver Cromwell, St Ives in Cambridgeshire and the Statue of Oliver Cromwell...
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    again to Oliver Cromwell, during his conquest of Ireland without a shot even being fired. In 1961, the last Lord Cahir died and the castle became the...
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    Leap Castle (/ˈlɛp/; Irish: Caisleán Léim Uí Bhánáin) is a castle in Coolderry, County Offaly, Ireland, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of the town of...
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  • Many Scottish people with the surname Oliver are descended from the Oliver family that settled in the Border area of Scotland and England by the middle...
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    Slane Castle (Irish: Cáisleán Bhaile Shláine) is located in the village of Slane, within the Boyne Valley of County Meath, Ireland. The castle has been...
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    Bunratty Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhun Raithe) is a large 15th-century tower house in County Clare, Ireland. It is located in the centre of Bunratty village...
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    Kincardine. He was a descendant of the Clan Fraser members deriving from Oliver Castle. Alexander died at the Battle of Dupplin Moor. Alexander was the son...
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  • retake the castle. Between 1571 and 1585, the castle was besieged three times by Scots factions during the reign of James VI. In 1651, Oliver Cromwell captured...
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    forces and the place was occupied by the army of Oliver Cromwell. After the wars of the 1680s, the castle was granted to the Wellesley family who held it...
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    Discogs Oliver Reed at the BFI's Screenonline Pergolani, Michael (May 1972). "Michael Pergolani interviews Oliver Reed". Playmen. OliverReed.net. "Oliver Reed...
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    introduction of heavy siege artillery by Oliver Cromwell in 1649 brought a rapid end to the utility of castles in the war, while in Scotland the popular...
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    Roundway Down in 1643, hence the alternative name for the Roundway Downs, 'Olivers Castle'. A large Victorian psychiatric hospital stood in the south of the parish...
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    King John's Castle (Irish: Caisleán Luimnigh) also known as Limerick Castle is a 13th-century castle located on King's Island in Limerick, Ireland, next...
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    leased the castle and the lands to Sir Valentine Browne, ancestor of the Earls of Kenmare. The castle was amongst the last to surrender to Oliver Cromwell's...
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    Peter Oliver (1594 – December 1648) was an English miniaturist. Born in Isleworth, Middlesex,[citation needed] he was the eldest son of Isaac Oliver, a French-born...
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  • Aghamarta Castle Aghamhaoila Castle Ballea Castle Ballinacarriga Castle Ballincollig Castle Ballintotis Castle Ballybeg Castle Ballyclogh Castle Ballyhooly...
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    Aragon. The present castle dates mostly from the early 19th century. Its last private owner, Olive, Lady Baillie, left the castle in trust to open it...
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    under a design from architect Oliver Caroe, between 2011 and 2012. Castles in Great Britain and Ireland List of castles in England "'Parishes: Kimbolton'...
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    Cloughoughter Castle (Irish: Cloch Locha Uachtair, meaning 'stone castle of Loch Uachtair') is a ruined circular castle on a small island in Lough Oughter...
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    castle Fortified house Hill castle Hillside castle Island castle Lowland castle Ordensburg Ridge castle Spur castle Toll castle Water castle Castle features:...
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    dunes, was memorialised by Oliver St John Gogarty.: viii, 76  There is a third mound further to the west also.: 76  Dunsany Castle began with four stone towers...
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    Rock of Cashel (category Castles in County Tipperary)
    having a central tower and terminating westwards in a massive residential castle. The Hall of the Vicars Choral was built in the 15th century. The vicars...
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