What is recorded here

Castleforbes Demesne holds a memorial stone dated 1567 above the rose garden gateway. The inscription claims Sir Henry Sidney captured Shane O'Nele and forced him under the English Crown. That brutal pride still stands beside delicate roses, turning a private garden into a stage for imperial joy and human defeat.

Over the entrance gateway to the rose garden, to the W of the19th-century house ‘Castle Forbes’. This inscribed stone dated 1567 records the capture by Sir Henry Sidney of 'the great rebel Shane O'Nele', who was brought 'in Subjection to the Crown of England to the Great Joyie of the Realm' (Casey and Rowan 1993, 193). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 June 2013

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