Hermitage In 1789, George Evans Bruce, a Limerick banker, bought the estate at Hermitage and built an imposing mansion there. We are told he made his fortune gambling in the casinos of Paris and London and he spared no expense on his house. It was in a spectacular location with views over the Falls of…

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Black Jack Fitzgibbon, first Earl of Clare, lived at Mountshannon House Excerpt from Village by Shannon, The Story of Castleconnell and its Hinterland Joe Carroll & Pat Tuohy, 1991 John Fitzgibbon, or ‘Black Jack’ as he became known, “entered politics in 1780 and soon made his mark rising quickly to the position of Attorney General.…

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