Of course the 3 plantation families prospered. They stole the land from the indigenous Irish. Easy to do well when you get something for nothing. The Brig on the other hand, Brigadier General Eric Dorman Smith is a figure of world historical significance (Greacen, Lavinia (2024). Military Maverick: Selected Letters and War Diary of 'Chink' Dorman-Smith. Pen and Sword Books. ISBN 978-1036102272.) There should be a statue to the man outside the courthouse on Market Street, Cootehill. He formulated the plans to stop Rommel at 1st El Alemein. Had plans readied to attack Afrika Korp which montgomery subsequently copied. Great man.
My great grandfather, Michael O'Carolan was born there in 1873, and left at the age of 20 for America. I will be there this June. Can't wait to see it.
I’m from Cootehill and now living in Melbourne but I’ve never been up to the house. It would be lovely to see inside it. The servants quarters look like a nice place for a retreat🙏🏻
Good man,dad you now the history of the town.good and bad. Lovely song.lets hope the currants owner allows the people of cootehill to use the woods and lakes. We fish alot and cleaned up after it. The owner is John Hart man. He buys run down Eastes and dose them up.He did the same in Cork made a few million.
I was born on Bridge Street in my G-Mothers Houses, she was Elizabeth Mc Caffrey Mulligan, My G- Father was Francis Mulligan. l think there was Ten -Houses attached, to a Pub- And --Barber- Shop My Mother and her five Sisters, also her Brother Patrick Mulligan, were born in the Pub. Mr. O' Brien, l now live in the U. S.A. Thank you for the History as l went to the Convent of Mercy School, made my First Communion And Confirmation in St. Michaels RC Church, as we were all Baptized there also, it is a Beautiful structure on the Station Road, before Emigrating to England with my Parents & Brothers. Thank you for the great song, never heard it before, keep up the great Historic work.
With full respect , leave politics out of this , its about the local community restoring an art work, their local history and its stunning what they achieved .. if you want to demolish everything "British" you can move to a modern housing estate somewhere and avoid watching youtube chanels on our history.
My grandfather came to Britain in the 1920's he fought in WW2 and was from Cootehill area. I have relatives all over the world being of Irish decent. It would be lovely to connect with them.
I grew up in Bellamont during the 1980s, when it was owned by my family. While the house often required a lot of work to maintain and renovate, it was a truly wonderful place to live and very suited to family life. Although we liked our privacy as much as anyone does, the gates to the lands were always open, with courting couples wandering along the driveway on summer evenings, and we would give impromptu tours to people that wanted to see the inside. If it is true that many people from Cootehill have never even seen the House itself, that's very sad.
Fantastic Piece of History by Joan Hannon, I have vivid memories of our History class visits from the Comprehensive School Cootehill to Bellamont House and its inhabitants in the late sixties which was memorable and indeed welcoming.
I have ancestors that came to America from Cootehill, County Cavan, in the 1750's. Thanks so much for posting this video, so I could see this town. Thanks Hugh O'Brien for telling about the history of the area and singing that lovely song.
My mother Jean is a member of the Coote Family. Her father Charles (my grandfather) recounted his memories of his time as a child growing up in Belmont House.
My immediate family and I have been doing some genealogical research during the pandemic, and we've found names on the Flax Growers list of 1796 that we suspect, but can't yet prove, are direct ancestors and demonstrate a link to the Lee family of Cootehill. It's interesting to see that this is still a significant-enough local development to warrant special note in the historical annals of the area. I hope to visit some day and learn more. Thanks for sharing!
@@mulekickhandmadeguitars8465 As far as I know, the subsidy (in the form of spinning wheels) was only distributed and logged in 1796, and it's just a list of names by county and sub-district. The list(s) is/are widely available and relatively easily searchable online from multiple sources. I also reached out the Ulster Historical Foundation (uhf.org.uk) because I had a question about the ages of applicants (since the ancestor was I was focusing on would have been very young in 1796) and received the following message: "The flax list named farmers who were granted a loom or spinning wheel in exchange for planting a certain acreage of their farm with flax. For that reason it should only consist of adults. Children were often named after family members - parents or aunts/uncles or grandparents so it is possible that this entry still relates to someone in your wider family."
