tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post8770321165231071671..comments2024-03-28T07:36:37.715+00:00Comments on Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: Netherhall HouseTimothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-55435029588339468382023-03-11T07:28:36.392+00:002023-03-11T07:28:36.392+00:00Dear Eric, thank you for reminding me about this. ...Dear Eric, thank you for reminding me about this. It's more than ten years since I posted it. Tim.Timothy Belmonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-53729954983219905962023-03-10T21:03:33.000+00:002023-03-10T21:03:33.000+00:00Interesting about the naming of school houses. I w...Interesting about the naming of school houses. I went to Methody and was in Castlereagh House. In all my seven years in MCB it was never mentioned or revealed why it was called Castlereagh. I knew nothing about that particular Lord until many years later. You and I met several years ago. Since then I’ve worked on and now have almost completed, a book about another great product of INST, Sir Samuel Cleland Davidson, and his fabulously successful Sirocco Engineering Works. Another genius that very few in Ireland know anything about, though hopefully my book and the many talk I’ve now given on the subject, will redress that to some extent.Eric Woodsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-55125258998238758042012-12-10T08:27:53.598+00:002012-12-10T08:27:53.598+00:00I wasn't aware of that. I applaud it.
My Hous...I wasn't aware of that. I applaud it.<br /><br />My House was Chase's, incidentally! No idea whether it still exists, or not; must make inquiries.Timothy Belmonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-84387110686083836842012-12-09T19:07:56.186+00:002012-12-09T19:07:56.186+00:00Timothyyou may not realise, but one of the six Hou...Timothyyou may not realise, but one of the six Houses of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution is named after lord Kelvin. The others, being Pirrie, Larmour, Dill, Stevenson and Jones: we have kept that tradition alive; unlike that College you attended, which seems to change the names of its houses at the drop of a hat!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com