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John de Courcy built the famous Carrickfergus castle, we missed going there because of the weather!! Rage!! Built on the rocky shores of Belfast Lough, County Antrim.

John de Courcy's ancestors lived in Normandy and came over to Emgland with William the Conqueror in 1066. They settled in Somerset, Southern England. He was born in 1150. He was the youngest son of the family. In 1180, John de Courcy married a girl called Affreca, the son of the King of the Isle of Man. She was only twelve at the time They did not have any children.

John de Courcy came to Ireland in 1177. He built castles without the King of England's permission which made the King very angry. Among these castles was Carrickfergus castle.

John de Courcy died in 1219. It is unknown where he is buried.

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