Lady Norman Stronge in the Grounds of Tynan Abbey

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Lady Norman Stronge in the Grounds of Tynan Abbey

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Location

Tynan Abbey Estate

Year

1965

Date

Production 05/11/1965

Length

02min 38sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcast 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

Silent footage of Lady Gladys Stronge walking around the grounds of her home, Tynan Abbey in Co Armagh. The neo-gothic-romantic house had been built around 1750. The house’s history would later come to a tragic conclusion. Lady Stronge’s husband,  Baronet Norman Stronge had fought at the Battle of the Somme and had also served in the Second World War. He was elected as a Unionist MP to the Northern Ireland parliament and served in the role of Speaker for over twenty years until retirement. In 1981, at the age of 86, he was assassinated along with his son by members of the Provisional IRA who also burned the house to the ground. The ruins were finally demolished in 1998.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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