Our week at Castlebar taught us a good lesson in this respect.
A small French force under Humbert afterwards landed, and at Castlebar put the militia to shameful flight.
The schists and gneisses of the Ox Mountain axis also enter the county north of Castlebar.
The last-named place is famous for its round tower and that invasion of the French in '98, which led to "Castlebar Races."
Would you have me send the bell-man screaming in the streets of Castlebar?
