tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post3913149507610412966..comments2024-03-28T07:36:37.715+00:00Comments on Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: Beech Hill HouseTimothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-12607234988574432682020-07-24T05:17:58.131+01:002020-07-24T05:17:58.131+01:00If someone claimed to have resided on Casino Lane ...If someone claimed to have resided on Casino Lane in 1867, where might that have been on a map?Rivergullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00008232702808570144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-2271830604064782002012-07-30T22:11:13.873+01:002012-07-30T22:11:13.873+01:00How Captain Manus O'Cahan of Ballyshaskey (and...How Captain Manus O'Cahan of Ballyshaskey (and later Brackfield) ended up transferring most of his freehold of 10 town lands to the Skiptons is still unclear. Manus and the rest of the O'Cahans were on a sticky wicket after his brother Donal was imprisoned in the Tower of London. An O'Kane version of the story is that Manus contracted Skipton to build him a new house at Ballyshaskey and Mr Skipton liked his work too much.<br />The Grocer's Map of 1622 shows Manus' freehold but describes it as The Freehold of Capt Manus O'Cahan Ballyshaskey, hence why we believe he had his primary residence in the town land of Ballyshasky before it was transferred to the Skiptons. So the Beech Hill may be on the site of the residence of one of the last Gaelic princes in West Ulster?Mark Lusbyhttp://www.walls400.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-91472005183512492022012-07-30T12:22:10.345+01:002012-07-30T12:22:10.345+01:00Next year a small museum of the US forces in the a...Next year a small museum of the US forces in the area 1942/45, is to open at Beech H ill HouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-72905968375145082062012-07-30T11:07:21.621+01:002012-07-30T11:07:21.621+01:00Rt Hon Sir Michael Nicholson would I think have be...Rt Hon Sir Michael Nicholson would I think have been the last of the Nicholsons to own and live at Beech Hill.Northern Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852483880332431011noreply@blogger.com