Rosemont is the capitol of the Ulster-Scots. https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/05/ireland-and-the-american-revolution/
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I am kin to the Montgomery family via Margaret Harvis and Sir John Wilson. The founder of the Ulster-Scots lived at Rosemount.
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Grey Abbey
The ruined abbey is on the outskirts of Greyabbey village, at the entrance to Rosemount Estate.
The Rosemount Estate was granted by Sir Hugh Montgomery to his son James in 1629 and has been in the hands of the Montgomery family ever since. James, who was killed by pirates in 1652, completed the first house on the site in 1634. This was burned down in 1695 and the family was forced by mounting debts to sell the estate to a cousin, William Montgomery. The present house, one of the finest Georgian country houses in Ireland, was built in 1762.
The atmospheric ruins of Grey Abbey itself, built by Anglo-Norman John de Courcy in 1193, are also part of the estate and contain many…
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