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{{Short description|Village in County Down, Northern Ireland}} |
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| ⚫ | '''Seaforde''' is a small [[village]] in [[County Down]], |
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| ⚫ | '''Seaforde''' is a small [[village]] in [[County Down]], Northern Ireland. It is within the [[townland]] of Naghan,<ref>[http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,740446,841891,4 Ordnance Survey Ireland: Online map viewer] (choose "historic" to see townland boundaries)</ref> one mile (1.6 km) north of [[Clough]] on the main [[Ballynahinch, County Down|Ballynahinch]] to [[Newcastle, County Down|Newcastle]] road. It is part of the [[Newry, Mourne and Down]] area. |
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The village is clustered round the parish church of 1720 and the demesne walls of Seaforde House. In 1828 the Almshouses were built by Colonel Mathew Forde MP and were intended to house six elderly people and the village courthouse. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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The estate was at one time the home of the Lecale Hunt, and later the East Down Hunt. Seaforde was the birthplace of Colonel [[Francis Forde (army officer)|Francis Forde]] (1718 to 1770), who fought and served with [[Clive of India]]. The Forde family still resides at Seaforde House. The present occupant being Lady Anthea Forde, widow of Patrick Mathew Desmond Forde J.P. D.L. and daughter of the [[Galbraith Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl Belmore|Earl of Belmore]] of [[Castle Coole]] in Co. Fermanagh. |
The estate was at one time the home of the Lecale Hunt, and later the East Down Hunt. Seaforde was the birthplace of Colonel [[Francis Forde (army officer)|Francis Forde]] (1718 to 1770), who fought and served with [[Clive of India]]. The Forde family still resides at Seaforde House. The present occupant being Lady Anthea Forde, widow of Patrick Mathew Desmond Forde J.P. D.L. and daughter of the [[Galbraith Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl Belmore|Earl of Belmore]] of [[Castle Coole]] in Co. Fermanagh. |
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Although the house itself is private, the Maze and Garden and [[Butterfly zoo|Tropical Butterfly House]] in the grounds of the Demesne are open to the public. The maze and {{convert|5|acre|m2|adj=on}} walled garden are populated by many wandering peafowl. The Butterfly House features hundreds of exotic butterflies flying freely around in a tropical environment. |
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*Blackwood Papers - History of the Forde Family P.R.O.N.I |
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[[Category:Civil parish of Loughinisland]] |
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Latest revision as of 01:38, 3 October 2023
Seaforde is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Naghan,[1] one mile (1.6 km) north of Clough on the main Ballynahinch to Newcastle road. It is part of the Newry, Mourne and Down area.
History[edit]
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The village is named after the Forde family, who descend from Nicholas Forde of Dunboyne County Meath, who held the post of Deputy Victualler in Cork in 1580, as supplier to Elizabeth I of England's army in Ireland. The village lands were purchased by Nicholas's fifth son, Mathew Forde (who later sat in the Irish House of Commons in 1642) as part of a wider acquisition of estate lands in Kinelarty in County Down, which he purchased from Thomas Cromwell, Viscount Lecale between the years 1615 and 1636. Mathew Forde, who also owned properties in Fishamble-street in Dublin, had already purchased estate lands in and around the village of Coolgreany in County Wexford in 1617. Although Coolgreany was the principal seat of the Forde family during the 17th century, after the Battle of the Boyne Seaforde became the family's principal place of residence.
Seaforde House[edit]
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Mathew Forde (1675-1729) built the original mansion on the Seaforde demesne, which lies to the north of the village. It was rebuilt in 1819, after a destructive fire, by Mathew Forde, MP (1785-1837) to create the present house, a neo-classical building of seven bays and three storeys over a basement, the top storey being treated as an attic. There is a five-bay frontage faced in sandstone ashlar.
The estate was at one time the home of the Lecale Hunt, and later the East Down Hunt. Seaforde was the birthplace of Colonel Francis Forde (1718 to 1770), who fought and served with Clive of India. The Forde family still resides at Seaforde House. The present occupant being Lady Anthea Forde, widow of Patrick Mathew Desmond Forde J.P. D.L. and daughter of the Earl of Belmore of Castle Coole in Co. Fermanagh.
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References[edit]
- ^ Ordnance Survey Ireland: Online map viewer (choose "historic" to see townland boundaries)
- Notes
- Seaforde Gardens and Butterfly House
- Seaforde Almshouses
- Culture Northern Ireland
- Blackwood Papers - History of the Forde Family P.R.O.N.I
