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By the mid 1760s Tullamore would have consisted of Patrick Street, ChurchStreet, Bridge Street, part of O'Connor Square and part of High Street. Towndevelopment then suffered a setback following the death of Charles Moore,first Earl of Charleville who had encouraged building development. On CharlesMoore's death the property passed first to his sister's husband, John Bury ofShannongrove, Limerick who died soon after in a bathing accident at Ringsend,Dublin.Tullamore then passed to Moore's nephew, Charles William Bury, a child of sixmonths. During his younger years there were no leases for more than 21 yearsgranted and thus no new building activity. Charles William Bury's coming of agein 1785 coincided with the famous balloon fire in Tullamore.A hot air balloon crash landed in the town leading to a fire that caused seriousdamage to around 100 houses in the Patrick Street area. Exact details of thedamage caused are sketchy and some accounts are conflicting, but it isbelieved that most of Kilbride Street was also burnt to the ground, with theexception of Molloy's pub, the Mallet Tavern, the oldest pub in tullamore, whichstill stands today and is still a pub.This flight of a hot air balloon took place onlytwo years after the first flight in Paris.Charles William Bury presided over the fortunes of Tullamore 'til his death 50years later. The burning of Patrick Street gave him an opportunity to let theproperties there on new leases and widen the street in the process. During thistime the population trebled to over 6,000 in 1841. There was also the matter ofthe Grand Canal which was linked to Tullamore in 1798 and to the rivershannon in 1804. The canal marked the northern boundary of the town untilthe 1900s, as did the railway line from 1858 on the southern side.The canalprovided a link to Dublin and a great method of transporting goods to andfrom the capital. Tullamore is now the biggest urban area the grand canalpasses through outside of Dublin.The town is laid out on a gridiron pattern with the principal street running fromthe road to Kilbeggan at the north end of the town to the road to Birr at the southand beyond it to Charleville Castle, situated in Charleville woods just outside thetown. The castle was completed between 1800 and 1812 and became the homeof the former owners of the town, the earls of Charleville. It was designed byFrancis Johnston who also designed Dublin's GPO, is considered one of the finestGothic style country houses in Ireland and is now open to the public.8
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