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Dún Dealgan Motte
54.0139° N, -6.4303° E
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Dún Dealgan Motte is a motte and National Monument in Dundalk, Ireland.
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
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Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
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Battle of Faughart and death of Edward Bruce
14 October 1318
Battle reported in the Annals
500 AD
Motte construction attributed to Bertram de Verdun
c. 1135–1192
Hugh de Lacy occupancy and 1210 pursuit
1210
Byrne begins Gothic house
1780
Damage in the 1798 Rebellion
1798
House rebuilt by Thomas Vesey Dawson
1850
Deliberate burning in revolutionary period
1919–1923
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Underground Tunnels
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Houses
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