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English: During the filming of the 1990s BBC TV series, "Ballykissangel," the Fountain Bar in Avoca was redecorated as the fictional "Fitzgerald's." After the series ended, they kept the new name. After the series ended, they kept the new name.
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Fitzgerald's, a pub in Avoca that was used as a primary exterior set in the series. Ballykissangel is a BBC television drama created by Kieran Prendiville and set in Ireland, produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland. The original story revolved around a young English Roman Catholic priest as he became part of a rural community.
Avoca (Irish: Abhóca, formerly Abhainn Mhór, meaning 'the great river') [2] is a small town near Arklow, in County Wicklow, Ireland.It is situated on the River Avoca.. The Avoca area has been associated with its copper mines for many years and the valley has been celebrated by Thomas Moore in the song "The Meeting of the Waters".
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Until the seventeenth century the river formed the boundary between the Norman territories of the Fitzgerald family and the Gaelic lordships. The castle was originally built on a rock in the centre of the river in 1215 by the Fitzgeralds, marking the southern limit of their newly conquered territory.
The area of Corkbeg was tied very closely to the Fitzgeralds who been there since John FitzEdmond de Gerald purchased it from the William Condon in 1591. The original house on the site was built before 1786. Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald built a new mansion house to replace his older one in the 1820s.