View out of the upstairs window of Kilclief Castle
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View out of the upstairs window of Kilclief Castle
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 22 Jul 2013
This is the view John Cely, the Catholic bishop of Down, and his mistress of forty years Laeticia Thomas (also known as Lettice Thombe) would have enjoyed before Pope Eugene IV finally found out about their years of cohabitation. After years of wrangling Rome finally gave him his marching orders in 1441 on the grounds of "criminibus et excessibus"
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Image Location
Latitude
54.333439
Longitude
-5.542967