SNIPPET: Built in 1795, Moore House, near Lough Carra, between Claremorris and Ballinarobe, Co. Mayo, was torched like many others for political reasons during the 1920s and remains a shell. It was the family home to a landed Catholic gentry family that produced several noteworthy individuals including George Henry MOORE (1810-1870). As an MP for Mayo and a caring landlord, he fought for the rights of his tenants. When his horse, Coranna, won the Chester Cup in 1845, he used his immense winnings to save his estate and tenants from the worst part of the famine He imported thousands of tons of grain and gave a cow to each tenant family. It is said that no one died on the estate during the famine and no eviction was ever recorded. MOORE was educated at Oscott (a Catholic school in England) and at Cambridge. When he died, it was the poor who came from all over Mayo to his funeral. . ..

The MOORE family has a fascinating history. After reading "Year of the French" by Thomas Flanagan in the mid 1980s, I made a point of visiting the estate you mentioned. Directions to it are well marked by the brown historical signs. There is a carpark, well maintained. Our first visit was on a glorious Irish fall day. Sitting on the ruined steps at the entrance, one can imagine all the activity that took place there almost 200 years ago. In your mind's eye, you can imagine George MOORE sipping his wine and looking out on Lough Carra as Flanagan relates in his story. There is much overgrowth but the carriage path is fairly well defined as are the side road which leads to the where the stables were most likly and the bridge over that path. Hidden also by bushes and weeds is a sign for lack of a better description attached to the old entrance gate. It praises the family and John MOORE who was briefly the first president of the Irish Republic so designated in the fatefu! l 1798 Rebellion. It was placed there by a relative who lived in CA. I believe John died in jail at Castlebar while his brother George tried desperately to save him from hanging. Anyone traveling to Mayo should first read the book and then visit the area. We were told that the Irish government at set aside 3M Irish pounds a number of years ago to restore the estate as a Heritage place. Our last visit there was 2 years ago, at that time no visible signs of restoration were apparent. Mary Ellen Chambers "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> wrote: SNIPPET: Built in 1795, Moore House, near Lough Carra, between Claremorris and Ballinarobe, Co. Mayo, was torched like many others for political reasons during the 1920s and remains a shell. It was the family home to a landed Catholic gentry family that produced several noteworthy individuals including George Henry MOORE (1810-1870). As an MP for Mayo and a caring landlord, he fought for the rights of his tenants. When his horse, Coranna, won the Chester Cup in 1845, he used his immense winnings to save his estate and tenants from the worst part of the famine He imported thousands of tons of grain and gave a cow to each tenant family. It is said that no one died on the estate during the famine and no eviction was ever recorded. MOORE was educated at Oscott (a Catholic school in England) and at Cambridge. When he died, it was the poor who came from all over Mayo to his funeral. . .. ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/