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Ballymoyer House is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.2167°, -6.5167°.

Historic houses · Northern Ireland

Ballymoyer House

Ballymoyer House in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Ballymoyer House is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Ballymoyer House, now demolished, was an 18th-century country house which stood in a 7000-acre demesne in the townland of Ballintemple, approximately 5 km (3 miles) north east of Newtownhamilton, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

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History

The newer building was constructed in 1778 for Sir Walter Synnot of a well-to-do family of linen merchants who had leased the land from the See of Armagh. He and his son Marcus improved the landscape to the extent that it was described in the Parliamentary Gazetter of 1844 in the following terms: "The mansion built by Sir Walter Synnot and the demesne attached to it is laid out and planted in a tasteful style. Three mountain streams after debouching from the glens of their upper course, unite in the lawn and form a scene both beautiful and romantic". By 1838, the family had bought the land. Sir Walter was High Sheriff of Armagh for 1783 and married Jane Seton. Marcus was High Sheriff in…

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