tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post3965829704503335445..comments2024-03-18T07:41:11.077+00:00Comments on Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: Castle ArchdaleTimothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-57230359994553992502019-08-10T09:21:36.229+01:002019-08-10T09:21:36.229+01:00Death Duties, and land reform as much as miss mana...Death Duties, and land reform as much as miss management.Gordon Dudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04203315368392666861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-13523542874820376892012-02-25T19:14:10.662+00:002012-02-25T19:14:10.662+00:00Can't wait to see whatever is left at the reun...Can't wait to see whatever is left at the reunion in September.Anna Archdalenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-12800220098326459762010-01-08T22:33:52.102+00:002010-01-08T22:33:52.102+00:00You wonder where all the money went... I suppose t...You wonder where all the money went... I suppose these families invested funds received from selling their estates post 1907 land reform acts in stocks, bonds, etc which lost their value in WW1 and WW2. Still, to go from having 27,000 acres to not being able to keep up a house seems quite incredible! Is there any good book on how the Irish gentry fell into financial ruin? And - equally as interesting - how the ones who survived did it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-24413192957911636942010-01-08T22:27:44.907+00:002010-01-08T22:27:44.907+00:00Was a nice plain house, it reminded me in ways of ...Was a nice plain house, it reminded me in ways of Mount Panther but, on second thoughts, the latter was much grander. I imagine you've come across this before -http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/PHOTOSwords/Houses.htm#connsbrook<br /><br />W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com