posted 09-03-2000 12:19 PM
From Mike Salter's Castles and Stronghouses of Ireland; ISBN 1 871731 15 1
Much of the present heavily overgrown ruin dates from the 1790's but the west front has a pair of two storey 17th c flankers bristling with gunports. The house was originally called Rossbeg and was built by Sir Francis Blennerhasset in 1612. It was re-named after being sold in 1671 to Sir James Caldwell, an Enniskillen Merchant created a baronet in 1683. In the early 19thc it passed by marriage to the Bloomfields, who were in residence until a fire c1905.
Caldwell is a Scottish surname, the family originating in North Ayrshire/Renfrewshire. If you would like data on the name origins, or properties held in Scotland, feel free to contact me or post again here.
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