Later, at Laragh, Ballinamallard, County Fermanagh, Burkitt proved the longevity of one female robin.
Methods adopted included attempts to deny him shelter among the civilian population by severely punishing those suspected of harbouring his men, the offer of huge rewards for information, the assigning of thousands of troops to Wicklow, and the building of a series of barracks at Glencree, Laragh, Glenmalure and Aghavannagh and a military road through county Wicklow.
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The two married in 1951 and took up residence in Laragh Castle near Glendalough.