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| Johnnie Fox's Pub in Dublin
The Fitz-Simon family seat has endured for 320 years at Glencullen House from 1676 until 1996 when the proprietors of Johnnie Fox's Pub bought the Glencullen estate from Daniel O'Connells great-great-great-grandson, Christopher O'Connell Fitz-Simon. It was at this house that the great liberator O'Connell chaired the very first meeting of the Catholic Association where they planned their campaign which led to the granting of Catholic Emancipation in 1829. It was at this house Countess Markievicz came to call, where a blind eye was turned to the 'anonymous' friends she brought with her and the hushed conversations that took place within its walls. It was at this house that the famous Michael Collins together with his followers came and set up an ammunition factory in one of the out-buildings. Glencullen House will be opened to the public in the summer of 1997. On view will be the very interesting history of the Fitz-Simon family during a very turbulent period for Catholic landowners in Ireland when much lands were often confiscated and regranted to Protestants, together with the largest collection of antique farm machinery and tools in the whole of Ireland. Not to mention a very fine collection of Victorian 'traps' which were used to circumvent the undesirable activities of both mice and MEN.
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