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John de Courcy
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John de Courcy
John de Courcy
(also
John de Courci
) (1160–1219) was an
Anglo-Norman
knight who arrived in
Ireland
in 1176. From then until his expulsion in 1204, he conquered a considerable territory, endowed religious establishments, built abbeys for both the
Benedictines
and the
Cistercians
and built strongholds at
Dundrum Castle
in
County Down
and
Carrickfergus Castle
in
County Antrim
.
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