![In the 1940s the land where Mitchelstown Castle had stood was sold to the co-operative movement with the Dairygold factory now sitting where the castle once stood. File picture: Dan Linehan <p>In the 1940s the land where Mitchelstown Castle had stood was sold to the co-operative movement with the Dairygold factory now sitting where the castle once stood. File picture: Dan Linehan</p>](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7677/3838849_13_dashboardbig_1197264_1197264.jpg)
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The long overshadowed story of the burning of Mitchelstown Castle
The biggest neo-Gothic house built in Ireland was destroyed by anti-treaty forces during the Civil War
Commemorating 100 years since the War of Independence
Commemorating 100 years since the War of Independence