I’m from Cootehill and now living in Melbourne but I’ve never been up to the house. It would be lovely to see inside it. The servants quarters look like a nice place for a retreat🙏🏻
I grew up in Bellamont during the 1980s, when it was owned by my family. While the house often required a lot of work to maintain and renovate, it was a truly wonderful place to live and very suited to family life. Although we liked our privacy as much as anyone does, the gates to the lands were always open, with courting couples wandering along the driveway on summer evenings, and we would give impromptu tours to people that wanted to see the inside. If it is true that many people from Cootehill have never even seen the House itself, that's very sad.
My mother Jean is a member of the Coote Family. Her father Charles (my grandfather) recounted his memories of his time as a child growing up in Belmont House.
Fantastic Piece of History by Joan Hannon, I have vivid memories of our History class visits from the Comprehensive School Cootehill to Bellamont House and its inhabitants in the late sixties which was memorable and indeed welcoming.
I’m from Cootehill and now living in Melbourne but I’ve never been up to the house. It would be lovely to see inside it. The servants quarters look like a nice place for a retreat🙏🏻
I grew up in Bellamont during the 1980s, when it was owned by my family. While the house often required a lot of work to maintain and renovate, it was a truly wonderful place to live and very suited to family life. Although we liked our privacy as much as anyone does, the gates to the lands were always open, with courting couples wandering along the driveway on summer evenings, and we would give impromptu tours to people that wanted to see the inside. If it is true that many people from Cootehill have never even seen the House itself, that's very sad.
Our Grandmother was Pearl Elizabeth Coote, the youngest of 5 children of Thomas Coote of Cootehill, Ireland.
My mother Jean is a member of the Coote Family. Her father Charles (my grandfather) recounted his memories of his time as a child growing up in Belmont House.
Fantastic Piece of History by Joan Hannon, I have vivid memories of our History class visits from the Comprehensive School Cootehill to Bellamont House and its inhabitants in the late sixties which was memorable and indeed welcoming.