tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post7668455380852591102..comments2024-03-28T07:36:37.715+00:00Comments on Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: Dromoland CastleTimothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-89367527962547710112011-04-11T09:55:52.307+01:002011-04-11T09:55:52.307+01:00Sorry about the nickname but I dont know how to ge...Sorry about the nickname but I dont know how to get rid of it!<br /><br />I did live in the castle for a year as a child but we used to come most summers as a family as the 16th Barton was head of the family and it was his home. As you can imagine it was quite an experience for an adolescent and a different world in the 1950/60's to today.There are too may stories to tell about the Castle and maybe when I have a bit more time I will put some of them down on this blog.<br /><br />Thomond house is on the hill overlooking the Castle and is a large by modern standards Georgian house built in 1963 by my Uncle.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13689039090514283864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-64864531695284908302011-04-08T23:31:49.806+01:002011-04-08T23:31:49.806+01:00Conor, did you ever live in the castle? Do you ha...Conor, did you ever live in the castle? Do you have memories of what it was like in the 1950's / 60's? Nice of you to post on the blog. VCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-71255644456449966462011-04-08T15:34:09.852+01:002011-04-08T15:34:09.852+01:00Very interesting article and I thank you for publi...Very interesting article and I thank you for publishing it.<br /><br />There is one correction and that is that the last Baron to live in the Castle was the 16th Baron, Donough and not the 17th and I think that you mean 500 years not 1000 living at Dromoland. However the O'Brien's technically controlled the lands at and around Dromoland from the times of Brian Boru and the Clan will be celebrating the Millennium of Brian's death in 2014.<br /><br />Conor O'Brien, The O'Brien and 18th Baron Inchiquin.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13689039090514283864noreply@blogger.com