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Charleville is situated on the north eastern slopes of the extension of a ridge known in Ancient Ireland as Drom Iomnacht .
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A North Cork town on the main road 23 miles from Limerick and 37 miles from Cork
Charleville was founded in 1661 by Roger Boyle , better known as Lord Broghill . He named the town after King Charles 11 of England . The borough of Charleville was granted a Royal Charter in 1670 and returned two members to the British Parliament .
Lord Broghill set up manufactories of linen and woolen clothes and all other good trades . He supplied artists , looms and all sorts of instruments . He died in 1679 .
In 1690 the Duke of Berwick on returning from the Siege of Limerick burned to the ground Charleville Mansion , the residence of Lord Broghill and thus ended the Boyle connection with Charleville .
1769 A market house was built corner of Broad Street , which is now used as the Courthouse .
1791 The first Bianconi coach came to Charleville .
1807 There were two Inns in Charleville namely The Duke of York and The Military Hotel
1812 The Catholic Church was built in Chapel Street ( Parochial Hall)
1821 Charleville to Newmarket Road cut
1831 The Charleville via Croom Limerick Road was cut .
1836 The Sisters of Mercy first came to Charleville . The order still exists here .
1843 Daniel O ` Connell " The Liberator " spoke at a monster meeting in the town
1844 Robert Browne , Bishop of Cloyne , born here
1849 The first steam train arrived in Charleville .
1849 Father Croke was a curate here ( Archbishop Croke )
1854 The Charleville Fever Hospital closed .
1870 Houses on the Main Street converted from thatch to slate
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