Monasteroris is located on farm-land as are the majority of the Bermingham castles. Very little exists of Monasteroris today and most of the remains are overgrown with ivy. The name of the friary, Monasteroris comes from the Irish version of the name mainistir Mhic Fheorais, the monastery of the son of Feorais. This is the monastery John de Bermingham, Earl of Louth built for the friars of the area in 1325. The O'Connors, an ancient Gaelic clan of this area used the friary as a fort. The building was severely damaged during a siege by the Lord Lieutenant in 1521, however the friars stayed in the area for another fifty years. They returned to the site around 1645. After the removal of the friars in Cromwellian times, there was little evidence of Franciscan activity in the area until the friars took on parish work in the Rhode-Daingean area in the eighteenth century. Fr. Matthew Walsh, vicar of Daingean, who died in 1794, was the last friar of Monasteroris. Blundell Castle, County Offaly Blundell castle sits atop a hill which overlooks the town of Edenderry and has for its companion a water tower. The castle was built in the 15th century by the De Berminghams. In the 16th century it was held by the Colley family and as a result, Edenderry became known as Coolestown or Colleytown. Sir George Colley defended the castle from attack by the O'Neill forces in 1599 during the Nine Years' War. In May 1691 the army of James II attacked the castle and it has been derelict ever since. A tunnel entrance can be found in the vicinity of Blundel and Edenderry locals say this tunnel runs between Blundal and Carbury castle, a distance of about five miles. If the tunnel actually connects both castles it may have been installed by the Berminghams as a means of communication in times of conflict. During the 19th century Edenderry was governed by a Lord Downshire and it has been said that his wife used this tunnel to meet her lover at Carbury. It seems however that this affair was discovered by Downshire and consequently he murdered his wife. Baldungan Church, County Dublin About two miles from Lusk are the ruins of Baldongan Church, with impressive views over the surrounding country and sea. This building was probably founded by the Barnewall family late in the thirteenth century from whom