tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post6005003421915544486..comments2024-03-28T07:36:37.715+00:00Comments on Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: Drenagh HouseTimothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-64886459778373728482022-03-30T11:15:57.095+01:002022-03-30T11:15:57.095+01:00Well done, Aaron. Yes, Connolly's conversion t...Well done, Aaron. Yes, Connolly's conversion to the Roman Catholic faith must have been very controversial at the time, 1941, in the middle of WW2, the year in which his son was born and 4 years after inheriting the estate. We will probably never know why he conveyed nor even the timing. His son, Captain McCausland UDR, murdered by the IRA, was indeed a very well respected Limavady resident, estate owner. In fact, at the Services Club, Royal British Legion Limavady, a large portrait of Captain McCausland, commands an dominant position within.<br />As for Drennagh House,in 2014, the McCausland family were forced to place Drenagh on the market, but following the partial sale of the estate the family were able to retain ownership of Drenagh. Now venue for weddings and receptions.<br /><br />On 5 May 1943 an Royal Air Force Vickers Wellington (LB241) crashed on the estate grounds shortly after taking off from RAF Limavady; all six crew died. Mark Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00144182871794931233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-86395863916800902912021-06-03T02:24:27.569+01:002021-06-03T02:24:27.569+01:00I see that it is a reception center now, is just p...I see that it is a reception center now, is just part of the ground? Is it still in the McCausland Family?<br />I am tracing my family tree and this is a branch through my Grand Mother who is a McCausland.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04824021597800222944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-74560507672842216512020-05-12T22:52:57.717+01:002020-05-12T22:52:57.717+01:00Does any one know of the story about a grounds man...Does any one know of the story about a grounds man or member of the family going missing after the war ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15745598049552992044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-43170095079383594922014-06-09T14:37:39.965+01:002014-06-09T14:37:39.965+01:00In reference to the court case. It was Conolly Rob...In reference to the court case. It was Conolly Robert McCausland who converted to Catholicism around 1941. He has inherited the estate in 1938 after his father's death but it was a clause in the Will that no Catholic could inherit or own the estate. The Trustees which local solicitor WA Ingram of Martin, King, French and Ingram was one and Sir Norman Stronge was another took the view that Conolly forfeited his claim on the estate and he had signed the will with the clause a number of years previously. At first Conolly did not object to this and indeed forfeited the estate selling its contents to his sister who took it over. Shortly after WA Ingram passed away, Ingram was the last living person to know the events around the will, Conolly decided to take the issue up in court. The whole episode caused great emotional and financial distress to the family. Conolly lost the case for himself but he also had his son Marcus as one of the co-Plaintiff. The Court ruled in favour of Marcus stating that as he was too young the clause did not apply and that the estate would pass to him on him coming of age. Conolly would see effigy of himself burnt outside the gates of Drenagh and in the town of Limavady itself. A tragic episode in the history of the family and estate.Aaron Callannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-77297725225992701282014-04-14T00:41:01.290+01:002014-04-14T00:41:01.290+01:00Yes I know something of the conversion, the court ...Yes I know something of the conversion, the court case etc, I think it was just after the war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-39625196025866699112014-04-02T20:58:16.684+01:002014-04-02T20:58:16.684+01:00Does anyone know anything about one of the McCausl...Does anyone know anything about one of the McCauslands converting to the Catholic church and if so when ? This would make the murder of Marcus McCausland more poignant as will be obvious to anyone from Northern Ireland. Of course the religious affiliation of a murder victim is essentially unimportant, but it reminds me of the abduction of a Catholic priest by the UVF (??) who had been,I think, a chaplain to Her Majesty's Crown forces. All so sad whoever it is.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783047061209462978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-15986382601312033622014-02-27T23:26:08.765+00:002014-02-27T23:26:08.765+00:00Yes...I think of it every time I see his face, too...Yes...I think of it every time I see his face, too. Never to be forgotten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-40084247155811859842012-02-15T01:37:25.325+00:002012-02-15T01:37:25.325+00:00One of the worst atrocities...and I think we know ...One of the worst atrocities...and I think we know who was in charge of it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com