Draft:Redbrae Massacre


During the Plantation of Ulster, Tandragee Castle became the property of Sir Oliver St. John, Lord Deputy of Ireland. He rebuilt the original stronghold which had belonged to the O'Hanlon Clan. However, during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, Edmond O'Hanlon and his Rebels attempted to regain their lands and as a result, the castle became ruined due to violence and destruction; it remained so for almost two hundred years until it was rebuilt in about 1837 for The 6th Duke of Manchester.

Ballymore Parish Church also fell victim to the destruction inflicted by the O'Hanlons in Tandragee, being burnt to the ground along with the rest of Tandragee. The Rebels also hanged James Brombley, Richard Wigson, and others in Ballymore within Tandragee.[1]

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