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persons of quality, and all their cannon were taken, and a rich 
camp to reward the soldiers. The chief resistance offered 
appears to have been from a party of Lord Inchiquin’s horse, 
that had formerly served the Parliament, who defended a pass 
for some time, but were, after some dispute, broken, and 
forced to fly. Having routed these, Colonel Jones marched 
with all diligence up to the walls of Rathmines, which contained 
about ten acres of ground, where many of the enemy’s foot had 
shut up themselves; but perceiving their army to be entirely 
routed, and their general fled, they yielded themselves pri- 
soners. The result of this engagement seems to have been 
wholly unexpected on both sides, the troops of the Parliament 
having been led, step by step, to an absolute victory, whereas 
their utmost design, at the beginning of the action, was only to 
beat the enemy from Baggotrath, and was so surprising to the 
Royal forces, that they had not time to carry off their money, 
which lay at Rathfarnham, for the paying of their army, where 
Colonel Jones seized £4000, very seasonably for the payment 
of his troops. 
This signal defeat of the Royalist army, which was so dis- 
astrous in its results, appears to have been the last remarkable 
historical event with which the Castle of Baggotrath was con- 
nected. It was never afterwards repaired, but suffered gradu- 
ally to moulder into ruin. The office of Governor of this Castle 
is stated to have been, although a mere sinecure, filled up from 
time to time, and a salary paid, down to the period of the 
Union, when, with other appointments of a similar nature, it 
was abolished, compensation having been made to the last Go- 
vernor, Sir John De Blaquiere. 
Mr. Smith, in conclusion, intimated his intention of fol- 
lowing up the investigation of historical events relating to the 
Castles of Rathmines, Rathgar, and Rathfarnham, whose 
names alone afford evidence of the antiquity of the sites on 
which they are built, and with regard to which many most 
