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4 unusual facts about Castlecomer


Huntingdon, Quebec

In Huntingdon, the business expanded to five interconnected operations around the town and the decades of the 1950s through to the early part of the 1970s saw the town prosper and the company acquire subsidiaries in Sherbrooke, Quebec and in Castlecomer, Kilkenny, Ireland.

Viscount Castlecomer

Sir Christopher Wandesford, 2nd Baronet (1656–1707) (created Viscount Castlecomer in 1707)

John Wandesford, 5th Viscount Castlecomer (1725–1784) (created Earl Wandesford in 1758)

Viscount Castlecomer was a title created on 15 March 1707, along with the title Baron Wandesford, for Christopher Wandesford, 1st Viscount Castlecomer, whose father, Sir Christopher Wandesford, had been created Baronet of Kirklington, North Yorkshire on 5 August 1662 in the Baronetage of England.


Kilkenny Castle

However, some restoration was carried out by Anne Wandesford of Castlecomer, who brought wealth back into the family upon marrying John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde.


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