Irish Privy Council. His banner still hangs in St. Patrick's Hall in Dublin Castle. Family and Death Lord Castletown married the Hon. Emily Ursula Clare St Leger, daughter of the 4th Viscount Doneraile, in 1874. The marriage was childless. Lady Castletown joined her husband in South Africa in early 1900, when he was posted there during the Second Boer War. He died on 29 May 1937 at Granston Manor, aged 87, when the barony became extinct. Castletown was particularly interested in Celtic heritage, and was among the founders of the Celtic Association, an organisation concerned with the preservation of the languages, literature, music, dress and customs of the Celtic peoples. In 1900, the Celtic Association was set up in Dublin with Castletown as president and E.E. Fournier as secretary. The Celtic Association is mainly remembered for the three Pan-Celtic Congresses it organized: the first in Dublin in 1901, the second in Caernarfon in 1904, and the last in Edinburgh in 1907. The first Congress had been scheduled for 1900, but had to be postponed when Castletown was called to service in the Boer War. The Association was not without its detractors, in part because many of the Irish sympathized with the Boers. Originally made up of representatives from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, and the Isle of Man; Cornwall was added in 1904. References External links The Fitzpatrick – Mac Giolla Phádraig Clan Society Index of the Lord Castletown Papers NLI links to Castletown Papers History Ireland article on the life of Lord Castletown Index of published books authored by Bernard FitzPatrick, 2nd Baron Castletown Celtia: A pan-Celtic monthly magazine featuring the activity of Lord Castletown 1849 births 1937 deaths 19th-century Irish politicians Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford 2 Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights of St Patrick Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Portarlington People educated at Eton College UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs who inherited peerages Bernard British Life Guards officers British Army personnel of the Anglo-Egyptian War High Sheriffs of Queen's County Irish soldiers in the British Army Politicians from County Laois Irish Conservative Party MPs Eldest sons of British hereditary barons