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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
McPherson a/k/a MacPherson
Date: 18/07/2014 | By: Jonnie Ilene McPherson Chapman
Can you tell me anything about this clan? Believe we were Scotch-Irish. Thank you.
Re: McPherson a/k/a MacPherson
Date: 18/07/2014 | By: Bonnie Pettigrew
Mac was used for a Scottish Surname. Just google it. You will be amazed at the information available. BTW, you are Scot-Irish. Scotch is a drink :)
Re: Re: McPherson a/k/a MacPherson
Date: 18/07/2014 | By: Amy mcmanaman
Just happened onto your comment...am Irish with the last name McManaman...do I own any land/castles in your creep of the woods?! Just curious! Name has always perplexed me....
Re: McPherson a/k/a MacPherson
Date: 18/07/2014 | By: Todd
Jonnie Ilene. I also am with the Macpherson Clan. My grandfather, mum, bothers were born in Dunoon Scotland. I am first heritage born here to the states. My email address is, Scottishtornado2@yahoo.com. Email me if you would like to and maybe I can help you with anything. We come from a proud Scottish Heritage.
Times of old
Date: 18/07/2014 | By: Sean O'Neill
Thank you for sharing , my clan has been vary busy with Cookstown and O'Neill Hill . We are back and wish you all to embrace your history an Clan up !! Lam Dearg Abu ! Slainte ! Www.ONeillofulster.com it's free :) thanks agion , the harp lady still stands .
Re: Times of old
Date: 18/07/2014 | By: Robert O'Neill
I'm an O'Neill as well. Have to get a hold of my family tree and see where we originated from. I do know a grandfather(don't remember how many great go before that) But he was a king and had something to do with the capture of St . Patrick
Ballysaggartmore Towers
Date: 17/07/2014 | By: Kay Dryden
Heritage is from parts of Ireland. Was told we have a castle somewhere there. Name was Cooke at that time. When they mooved to USA changed to Cook. How do I find out about that?
Re: Ballysaggartmore Towers
Date: 17/07/2014 | By: Marcia Woodham
There is a Castle Cooke in Cork, Ireland, I have a family castle as well, my clan is Butler and got to see Kilkeeny Castle the Castle of the Butler's totally amazing, hope this helps you Kay :)