I am reminded of my Uncle (RIP) Cannon Tom Finan undertaking a Genealogy project with regards to our family history back almost 20 - 25 yrs ago. I always remember a part of the discussions, was the connection to My Grandmother (RIP) and her family & Moore Hall.

I hope that someday it will be fully restored ..... I think every Mayo person would contribute to that !

@TVIRELAND

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your comments, yes it would be amazing to see it fully restored in the future!

Is there an update on this project ?

Great to hear the great and good of Mayo CC coming out for the cameras and espousing the virtues of the family and how well they treated their tenants etc. I'm sure that was a lot of comfort to the same family when they heard that their ancestral home had been burned to the ground in 1923 by the descendants of those very same people that they had helped and the ancestors of this lot. Eaten bread etc I noticed not one of those people mentioned how the house was burned out in the first place?

@danoization

Жыл бұрын

my grandmother grew up there . saw it in '74 it wasn't that bad yet. a lot of the furniture from moore hall is still around the quinns and the corbetts both had stuff from moore hall , although they won't admit it. they looted it before they burn it down the ungrateful bastards that torched it

@prawnstar9213

11 ай бұрын

Armed dudes brought bombs and forced the groundskeeper to give them the keys. The groundskeeper hoped he could save books from the library and waited to see when they would leave but a few hours later he heard booms and ran to the house and saw it in a full blaze. He said it was one of the most sad experiences of his life. Like the death of your oldest friend he said. So sad many of irelands castles were burned down during civil war. It’s not as if the actions were unjustified as who thinks about the preservation of historical homes when you’re starving and working for a ha’ penny.

@seamusfallon3104

7 ай бұрын

Well said,absolutely all true

@seamusfallon3104

7 ай бұрын

@@prawnstar9213 well said

Yes but is the hall house going to be fully re built or is it going to be left as an empty shell because of the battle etc.

@TVIRELAND

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comments, it''s a good question we must check it out

Then finally was not restored, uh?. Nowadays with the crisis should be impossible

make sure the roof is long lasting, not fancy

haunted?

@seamusfallon3104

7 ай бұрын

Yes,very much so,one of just 10 places in Ireland in the brilliant book "Haunted Houses of Britain and Ireland"

How in God's name will you fianance this restoration of this building, its not a good idea nowadays, build housing for young families and let this ruin stay a ruin

@JoeOMalley-py8wq

6 ай бұрын

Two different issues ... we can preserve our history and house our people .. not an either or ....