The Crown leased, in 1547, to John Plunkett, of Dunsoghly, gent., all the tithes in Dunsoghly and Oughtermay, in the Parish of St. Margaret of Dowanor, part of the possessions of the Chancellor of the late Cathedral of St. Patrick, at a rent of five marks. He was also to provide a chaplain for the church of Dowanor. This John Plunkett was grandson to Sir Thomas, and also received knighthood. He was made Chief Justice of the Queen’s Bench in 1559. He died twenty-three years later, seized of the manors of Dunsoghly and Oughtermay. Sir John built the private chapel belonging to the castle, and also the chantry of St. Margaret’s. In 1590 Christopher Plunkett, of Dunsoghly, is included in the list of the English Pale; and twenty years later he surrendered Dunsoghly to the King, who re-granted it to him with additional lands on account of his own and his family’s service to the Crown. Colonel Richard Plunkett, of Dunsoghly, was an active supporter of the Lords of the Pale in 1641, and a reward of £400 was offered for his head by the Lords Justices and Council. In 1657 the Down Survey says that the “chiefest places in the Barony of Coolock are Malahide and Dunsoghly.” “There is in Dunsoghly a good castle, and a house adjoining it (James Plunkett).” The House of Commons granted Sir Henry Tichbourne £2,000 in lieu of his wardship of Nicholas Plunkett, of Dunsoghly, in 1666. This Nicholas was succeeded by his son, at whose death the property was divided between his three daughters, and the castle is still in possession of their descendants. The fortress is said to have been bombarded in Cromwell’s time from a mound near, which is now occupied by a dwelling-house, and a long crack made in the south wall by the cannon is still visible. The castle was inhabited up to the middle of the eighteenth century. AUTHORITIES CONSULTED. J. D’Alton, “History of County Dublin.” Proceedings of Royal Archæological Association of Ireland. W. Wakeman, “Rambles near Dublin,” in Dublin _Evening Telegraph_ Reprints. Carew MSS. State Documents _ENNISCORTHY CASTLE_ Situated on the Slaney, about twelve miles north-by-west of Wexford, in the Barony of Ballaghkeen, is the town of Enniscorthy. The origin of the name does not seem to admit of a satisfactory explanation. Some writers say that it was originally Corthæ, and the capital of Ptolemy’s Coriandi. Hence the prophesy, “Enniscorthy was, Dublin is, and Drogheda will be.” Again Enis-scorteach, signifying “the stud-house pastorage,” has been mentioned as a possible explanation. The castle is a massive square structure, flanked by three round towers. It is in good preservation. Two of the towers can still be ascended. It is built of hard blue slate, dug on the spot, and the cases of the doors and windows are of grey grit stone.