Firstly thankyou all for your best wishes I must have overindulged in doing nothing ended up very ill, but now am on the mend. I cannot comfortably say that Colonel Ellis owned Seapark, but indeed he had a large property their in 1918 as a strike of farm Labourer's was called at the farm Of Col Leslie Ellis's property at Magheramore, a strike which was called because of the employment of non union labour and it lasted for 11 weeks. Source Bray and South Dublin Herald January 1918 From the Directory fo Wicklow and Leinster ( Slaters) Ellis Andrew, W Esqire -Kilpool Ellis Robert Francis Esquire J.P. for Ahsford ( Seapark) Cheers Cara