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Built by Arthur Kiely-Ussher to Please his overdemanding Wife,,,,He is remembered in this area not for his Fanciful Building Designs,,but with the cruelty which he treated his Tenants during the Famine,,,Having built his fancy Gate Entrance,,,With Minature Gothic Castles each side at a cost of £2,000,,he now needed money to build his Mansion,,In the late 1840s the Potatoe Blight ,resulted in his Tenants being unable to pay their Rents,,,While other Landlords in this area,,including his brother John,,were keeping People Alive by Employing them and Reducing Rents,,Arthur Kiely-Ussher began by Evicting them and Knocking Down their Houses and Replaced People with cattle and sheep,,In vain hope that this would raise the required income,to Build the Mansion of his wife's Dreams,,In 1847 a Reporter from " The Cork Examiner " Newspaper,,Described the mass eviction on Kiely - Ussher's Estate at Ballysaggartmore and found 12 to 14 Houses Levelled to yhe ground,,Groups of Famished Women Crying,,Children still hovered round the place of their Birth,,,,In Desperation a group of Tenants plotted to Assasinate the Hated Landlord in 1847,,the plot Failed and Reward was offered for the capture of the Conspirators,,,They were captured,,Tried and found Guilty and were Transported to Van Dimien's Land [Tasmania] in October 1849,,,,to be continued with more photographs !!!!!!
Ballysaggartmore Towers Entrance Lodge,,Nr. Lismore,,County Waterford,#1
Comments
photos request - hopefully to view in near future
Date: 15/07/2014 | By: Tammy Cash of south Texas :)
Would luv to see photos of the entire inside of the castle & of the entire outside of the castle?
Re: photos request - hopefully to view in near future
Date: 15/07/2014 | By: Lorrine McCaom
Yes please, I would love to see more of this castle. It would be lovely if it were restored and used as a Bed and Breakfast or some other purpose. Perhaps a rehabilitation home? Something that would make the "evil landlord" roll over in his grave. No one should be so horribly treated. thank you
Restore it or make a bed and breakfast.
Date: 15/07/2014 | By: Sonya. Monaghan
This can help people enjoy our Ireland heritage. As for I backtracked my ancestors to Ireland roots.
Another positive use of this tiny castle
Date: 15/07/2014 | By: Tammy Cash of south Texas :)
A friend posted this tiny castle on facebook today. I saw it & at first thought although it's small size, it's beautiful. I mentioned I'd luv to have my upcoming wedding there. Then I thought better yet I could have a similar tiny castle built on my farmland & get married there & live there. I showed it to my fiance' & he agreed. Then while he was viewing it. I told him I wonder what the history was behind it & I'd look further into it. I did & was horrified. I understand the love for a spouse & wanting to make em happy. But to hurt/kill innocent people. .. And how incredibly selfish of his wife,provided that she even knew of that being the reasons why those horrible things happened just to build her "dream mansion"? If she didn't know that's different. Cuz I'm sure back the the Royal men didn't tell their women everything.
Either way... it's a beautiful tiny castle & I'm sooo truely sorry such tragedies happened just to build it.
If I could...I would restore it, install indoor plumbing/electricity, AC & Heat units/systems, exterminate, repaint inside, make all necessary repairs inside & out & live there. Or rent it as a vacation getaway to approved people. I wouldn't rent it to anyone that would trash it out. Or... I like the idea to make it a functional usable facility of some sort to help the community/locals. I'd have to research what the community needed. And...no matter what.. I'd make it a horse rescue/reserve. The land surrounding it is beautiful!
I know the castle has a tragic unfortunate history. But I'd love to see it put to GOOD use & create a new more happy positive history. :)
Re: Another positive use of this tiny castle
Date: 15/07/2014 | By: Teri
If you could trace back the ancestral roots to the people who inhabited the piece of land under the landlord, I wonder just what sort of stories you would get from them? It would interesting to read.
Re: Another positive use of this tiny castle
Date: 15/07/2014 | By: Moira
You sound like a total idiot.
Re: Another positive use of this tiny castle
Date: 15/07/2014 | By: Moira
A complete idiot. "Create a more happy positive history?! ". Would you renovate auschwitz too?
RESTORE
Date: 15/07/2014 | By: BETTY BASCHE
PLEASE FORGIVE MY CAPS BUT IT IS BETTER TO SEE. I AM WRITING FROM AMERICA. I MUST SAY THAT THE COMMENTS HERE ARE ADMIRABLE. I LOVE THE WAY EVERYONE WANTS TO HELP THE HOMELESS AND GIVE BACK.
Restoration
Date: 15/07/2014 | By: Antaine Ó Flannagáin
I personally would be happy to invest in the purchase and restoration, however what I will do is put it to the Clan Council of the Clan Ó Flannagáin of Uachtare Tíre to consider it as a project for the Clan to adopt. I can see the potential of turning it into a cultural centre not only for the Clan but for the Co. and Country.