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Subject: Re: Castle of the Hackett family, Southern Ireland
Date: 30 Jun 2004 08:03:01 -0600

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Surnames: Hackett, Miller, Cope, Preston
Classification: Query

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Hello John! I visited a website (don't remember which) that listed what castles and stately homes were connected genealogically to surnames and the Hackett name belongs to Shelton Abbey in Wicklow, Ireland. It is currently a prison.

Here is a link to it: http://www.irishprisons.ie/prisonsItem.asp?prisonID=7 The 2nd picture is of how it used to look like. You can also Google the name for more pictures.

This was the ancestral home of the Howard family, the Earls of Wicklow. I am still researching this, as I am unsure of how the Hacketts are linked to this home. The website I initially found this on had no information, just a link of the names. I'm not turning anything up on Google. When and if I find any other information, I'll post it here.

Regards, Sandy Smith

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