tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post7464870517257420712..comments2024-03-28T07:36:37.715+00:00Comments on Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: 1st Viscount CraigavonTimothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-42482016717528841532021-05-20T22:07:41.780+01:002021-05-20T22:07:41.780+01:00Back in the 1970s/very early eighties I was friend...Back in the 1970s/very early eighties I was friends with a lady who lived in a cottage situated next to the Walled garden at Craigavon house. She was quite elderly even then and was gone within a few years (I think she suffered heart problems) I got the impression her family worked there and she inherited the cottage. It had no mod cons but was very quaint. As I got older we lost touch and the cottage was demolished to build the new Parkway. Always wondered about her. Does anyone have any information. I’m at cbest71@googlemail.com Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-29759563510165709172021-02-03T13:06:08.390+00:002021-02-03T13:06:08.390+00:00I used to stay with my uncle and aunt, the Warmans...I used to stay with my uncle and aunt, the Warmans in Ballykinler. We loved Tyrella Beach, (when there was no firing!).Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16695187534995700314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-24570231871875764602015-08-16T15:45:43.910+01:002015-08-16T15:45:43.910+01:00Tyrella House was owned by my grandfather William ...Tyrella House was owned by my grandfather William (Billy) Neill<br /><br />http://neillorguk.weebly.com/a-history-neills-of-bangor/part-four-from-the-roots-of-the-tree-to-its-branches<br /><br />Until 1928, William, 'Billy', Neill farmed Tyrella, a further instalment in a life that had included outstanding rugby talents displayed before the war for Coleraine Inst. and Ulster Schools, and after, as captain of North of Ireland, while in the intervening conflict he had been commissioned in the King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment. Rising to the rank of Captain, he was wounded three times on the Western Front. Owing to the adverse business conditions in the late 1920s, William Neill was obliged to give up his farming activities to go to Belfast and look after the Kingsberry firm<br /><br />Submitted by: Guthrie C Barrett gc_barrett@outlook.comGuthrie C Barrettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-35843455156533194662015-07-05T09:18:17.509+01:002015-07-05T09:18:17.509+01:00Possibly more than 47,000 signed the Covenant, Tim...Possibly more than 47,000 signed the Covenant, Time?Gavin Bamfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832993439500895308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-52917995334735129322015-05-10T10:46:02.814+01:002015-05-10T10:46:02.814+01:00A question, do you know which family member lived ...A question, do you know which family member lived in Tyrella house around the period 1910 - 1917 , was it James Craig - who we think it might have been - or Clarence ?.NFMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-77226386050262994922011-07-02T11:20:05.891+01:002011-07-02T11:20:05.891+01:00Fascinating stuff as always. Aside from the St Joh...Fascinating stuff as always. Aside from the St John Ervine book there is also the Patrick Buckland study of Craig as part of the Gill's Irish Lives series of the early Eighties. Also recommended. Keep up the good work Lord Belmont.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-65825211950082049272010-05-13T09:45:07.538+01:002010-05-13T09:45:07.538+01:00You would very much enjoy St. John Ervine's ac...You would very much enjoy St. John Ervine's account of Craigavon's life, particularly the early years in 'Craigavon - Ulsterman.'<br /><br />W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com