Derrymore House, Bessbrook

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Derrymore House, Bessbrook

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Location

Bessbrook, Newry

Year

1964

Date

Production 02/06/1964

Length

04min 34sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

James Boyce visits Derrymore House in Bessbrook, owned now by the National Trust and build by Isaac Corry. James explores the story of Corry and the house. Within the Treaty Room, James tells us that the Act of Union of 1800 was signed here. The 1921 Declaration of the Constitution of NI was signed on a table kept here too.      

   

Notes

Issac Corry was an MP for Newry 1776-1801 and Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer. 

During Corry's life, a road was constructed from near the main entrance of Derrymore House around Newry and linked up with the Dublin Road on the southern side of the town primarily for Corry's use. This road subsequently became known as "The Chancellor's Road," as a result of Corry's term as the Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer.   

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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