TRIM CASTLE 207

It is the largest of Irish Castles--The Anglo-French great

Castle builders--Hugo de Lacy--Many Castles erected by

him--He was the greatest of the invaders of Ireland--He

wanted to be King of Ireland--Distracted state of the

country in his time--Trim once an important place--Claims

to be the birth-place of Wellington; an anecdote about

him--The country round Trim most interesting and historic--

The Boyne the most historic of Irish rivers.

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