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Nicholas de Berneval

• References:
  • ROEBUCK in [Ball, vol.2, 1903]

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • BARNEWALL, CHRISTOPHER in [DIB]

Nicholas de Berneval,
of Crickstown, Co.Meath.
He mar --- Clifford.
He died pre-1386.
They had issue:

Sir Christopher de Berneval,
of Crickstown.
He mar Eleanor Rochford [dau of Sir Nicholas Rochford, Kt, of Rathcoffie, Co.Kildare, and Kilbride, Co.Meath].
They had issue:

1. Sir Christopher Barnewall.
   Ancestor of Barnewall, Barons Trimlestown.
   Also ancestor of Barnewall of Crickstown, of whom:

   
   

   1. Anne Barnewall,
      of Crickstown.
      She mar Sir William Welles and had issue.

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Roebuck Castle, Co.Dublin

• Barnewall, Barons Trimlestown, built Roebuck Castle, Co.Dublin. Original building late 1500s.
• Roebuck Castle fell into ruins. Totally rebuilt 18th century. Remodelled 19th century.
• The new building is now part of UCD.
• See [Irish Country Houses].

The 16th century Roebuck Castle, Co.Dublin.
Drawn by Gabriel Beranger, 18th century.
From Royal Irish Academy. Image from here. Creative Commons Non-Commercial use.
See full size.
See 1765 version. From here.
See 1768 version. From NLI.

The re-built Roebuck Castle on 1829 to 1842 map.