tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post1868429984760338525..comments2024-03-28T07:36:37.715+00:00Comments on Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: Ballyarr HouseTimothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-9639902386567827172022-06-03T23:16:32.249+01:002022-06-03T23:16:32.249+01:00Sue Weaver Née Blair
My grandmother Annie Russell ...Sue Weaver Née Blair<br />My grandmother Annie Russell (Blair) grew up in this house along with her sister Sarah above. She too was William’s Russell’s daughter.<br />Nana did her nursing training with her sister Winnifred Russell she got TB . Winnifred married a man called Robinson, a pharmacist from Ramelton. <br />While Nana was nursing she met William Blair, who had TB. They married and went to live with his family in Tamnamore co Tyrone.<br />Popa left nana with four children to travel to New Zealand he was to get a job and wait till his family joined him. He went to a town called Huntly in the Waikato. He was coal mining.<br />Nana followed later after borrowing her fares from her brother William who was now running the mill on the river Lennon still living in Ballarr House.<br />My father was a baby, born in Island, carried in Nanas clothing on the long trip out to NZ with three siblings. Many babies died on the trip.<br />Eventually Nana, now delivering babies around the area, bought a farm, had two more children and made a great life for our family.<br />Would love to hear from Patrick McCloughan. <br />Our email tskb@xtra.co.nz<br />You are my second cousin <br /><br />4 June 2022Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868309691999774273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-32845293498569889172022-02-02T15:36:20.944+00:002022-02-02T15:36:20.944+00:00Patrick McCloughan
My grandmother (Sarah) was a d...Patrick McCloughan<br /><br />My grandmother (Sarah) was a daughter of William Russell who acquired Ballyarr House in-and-around 1900. She spent most of her life in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, less than 10 miles from Ballyarr House. As a young boy, my mother would sometimes take me to visit the house and I can vaguely remember when it was sold in the early/mid-1970s. It is attractively located in a wooded area and not far from Ramelton, which has significant historical interest and well worth a visit. The Mill beside Ballyarr House catered for corn/meal from local farmers (?) but the mills on the River Lennon declined and went out of business in the twentieth century due to more economic imports.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11640212010036131341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-86394679780403058632015-12-11T18:33:09.039+00:002015-12-11T18:33:09.039+00:00The house is currently for sale should anyone wish...The house is currently for sale should anyone wish to acquire a little history!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-43618363011477333362015-12-11T08:07:12.522+00:002015-12-11T08:07:12.522+00:00I had never heard of the Rundale system. There is ...I had never heard of the Rundale system. There is a good description on Wiki but in essence it was a communal farming system that seemed to work in the west of Ireland up until the 19th century. However, it never caught on in the Soviet Union in the 20th century.<br />ChristopherChristopher Bellewhttp://www.christopherbellew.comnoreply@blogger.com