Robert Wilson (dramatist) character in the original versions of William Shakespeare's plays "Henry IV, Part 1" and "Henry IV, Part 2". Objections from descendants of the historical John Oldcastle, a Protestant martyr, appears to have been responsible both for the writing of the corrective "Oldcastle" play and the alteration of Oldcastle to Sir John Falstaff in later versions of the "Henry IV" plays. Also, Wilson has been proposed as a possible author of several anonymous Elizabethan plays, including "Fair Em", "The Pedlar's Prophecy", "A Larum for London", "Look About You", "Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes", and "A Knack to Know a Knave". As
Oldcastle, County Meath Oldcastle, County Meath Oldcastle () is a town in County Meath, Ireland. It is located in the north-west of the county near the border with Cavan, approximately 13 miles (21 km) from Kells. The R154 and R195 regional roads cross in the town's market square. As of the 2011 census the town's population stood at 2,316. In recent years Oldcastle has grown mainly due to an influx of workers from Eastern Europe to work in the several industries, particularly furniture, bedding and victualling located in the area. The area was the birthplace of St Oliver Plunkett, the last Irish Catholic