Town of Castlebellingham
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Formerly Gernonstown this village consisting of large country houses with lands surrounding them and situates 7 miles south of Dundalk on the N1 roadway. These manors are largely owned by the Bellingham family descendants of a captain in Cromwell’s army who received a grant of the confiscated lands of the Gernons of Gernonstown in the [...]
Formerly Gernonstown this village consisting of large country houses with lands surrounding them and situates 7 miles south of Dundalk on the N1 roadway. These manors are largely owned by the Bellingham family descendants of a captain in Cromwell's army who received a grant of the confiscated lands of the Gernons of Gernonstown in the 1650's. The castle once stood where, at present, stands the Bellingham Castle Hotel, an early 18th century construction which was earlier the home of Bellinghams that underwent ... Read More
