tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post7461385772230330107..comments2024-03-28T07:36:37.715+00:00Comments on Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: Strokestown ParkTimothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-58120602918525179352023-09-17T08:17:51.036+01:002023-09-17T08:17:51.036+01:00A fascinating house to visit, and such a time caps...A fascinating house to visit, and such a time capsule. Not unique maybe, but rare.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-55002557520816797422020-08-21T13:06:45.073+01:002020-08-21T13:06:45.073+01:00As you quote from irelandxo.com Major Mahon certai...As you quote from irelandxo.com Major Mahon certainly behaved unjustly. However, I think it can still be said that murder is barbarous. Personally, I don't believe in the death penalty, no matter whom it is carried out by. Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16695187534995700314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-80047134807387403812020-08-21T04:24:52.733+01:002020-08-21T04:24:52.733+01:00"Major Mahon was barbarously murdered in 1847..."Major Mahon was barbarously murdered in 1847" From your blog.<br />The events leading up to Mahon’s death epitomized much of what was wrong with pre-famine Ireland: the largely parasitical landlord class, the deep sectarianism that further divided rulers and ruled, and an underclass largely dependent on the potato and living on the margin of subsistence.<br />In the summer of 1847, Major Mahon paid £4,000 for the emigration of 1,432 of his tenants to Canada – a quarter of whom died at sea. Upon hearing this news, a large number of his tenants refused to go. Mahon responded by evicting 600 families (about 3,000 people).<br />Thanks to Ireland’s Famine Museum, which has been located in the former Mahon home in Strokestown since 1994, details of Major Denis Mahon's asassination are well known.jophushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01786492001033468280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-38169407814324628312013-01-06T23:41:12.639+00:002013-01-06T23:41:12.639+00:00There is an Ulster connection here: part of the Ma...There is an Ulster connection here: part of the Mahon estate passed to the McCauslands of Drenagh in the 19th century as part of a marriage settlement. I also have a memory of reading that the Mahons originated in Fermanagh and moved to the Strokestown area having been displaced by the Ulster plantation. This may be true given the family's determination to hold on to their estate during the Williamite war: there were Mahons on both sides at the battle of the Boyne so that whatever the outcome the Mahons would be on the winning side! Cynical perhaps, but prudent; one is reminded of King Henri IV of France who exercised similar prudence to ensure his accession to the French throne. Henri of course was grandfather of the considerably less prudent King James and great-grandfather of King William.Historic House Crawlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16561770918256716048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-51223359612960295862011-10-04T12:36:48.332+01:002011-10-04T12:36:48.332+01:00That's a good point. I took that quotation fro...That's a good point. I took that quotation from their site. I'll edit it, perhaps.Timothy Belmonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-54251368987783031922011-10-04T10:47:34.807+01:002011-10-04T10:47:34.807+01:00Why is it "unique" to allow visitors to ...Why is it "unique" to allow visitors to go on a guided tour of the house?<br /><br />W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com