Castlemaine, County Kerry
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| Castlemaine Casleán na Mainge |
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| Irish Grid Reference Q834032 |
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| Province: | Munster | |
| County: | County Kerry | |
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Castlemaine (Irish: Casleán na Mainge) is a small town between major towns Tralee and Killarney in the county of Kerry, in the Munster province of the Republic of Ireland. It is located near Milltown.
In a June 1921 IRA ambush near Castlemaine, during the Irish War of Independence, four security-force members were killed.
Pat Carey, TD was born in Castlemaine.
The song The Wild Colonial Boy sings "There was a wild colonial boy, Jack Duggan was his name / He was born and bred in Ireland in a place called Castlemaine." The song may be based on the career of Jack Donahue. Jack Donohue was a criminal who was transported to Australia. He escaped and resumed a life of crime, but was eventually captured and shot in 1830.
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