Day 11 – Enfield to Mullingar 42 km
Back on the Royal Canal shortly after leaving Enfield for a pleasant and flat 40km sashay up to Mullingar. Nice little town consisting (for some weird reason) mostly of men’s barber shops, cafes and pharmacies.
Mullingar is the ancient Lacy family seat (the other being the one on M’s bike 😉).
Hugh de Lacy (Lacy is my maiden name) was the Lord of Meath. Henry II gave him huge tracks of land! He was married twice. Had 10 children. 5 boys and 5 girls. So somewhere between then and the 1830’s it is likely one line expanded until some of the offspring emigrated to the States.
Hugh de Lacy is described by a contemporary in the last couple of photos for those on the Lacy side who might be interested.
