Recording No: 3
The Landed Gentry in Ireland | Oral History Collection
Interviewee: Bryan and Rosemary Bellew. Lord and Lady Bellew
Date of Birth: 1943
Interview Location: Barmeath Castle, Co. Louth
Recorded by: Maurice O’Keeffe – Irish Life and Lore
Series Title: The Landed Gentry in Ireland Oral History Collection
Date Recorded: 29/2/2023
Recording Length: 1 hour 10 mins
Keywords: Ancestral seat of the Barons Bellew; architect Thomas Wright; family history; Bellew v Bellew case; Northern Ireland Troubles; Jenkinstown House and Bellew connection; Rosemary Bellew nee Hitchcock; Rex Ingram; turbulent times at Barmeath Castle; keeping to middle ground in history; conforming to Protestantism.
