White House, County Down Explained

The White House is a ruined 17th century dwelling house at Ballyspurge, near Cloghy, County Down, Northern Ireland on the Ards Peninsula. It is situated about one mile (1.2 km) south-east of Cloghy, overlooking Slanes Bay.^[1] It is a State Care Historic Monument at grid ref: J6248 5506.^[2]

History

Roland Savage died in 1640 and bequeathed Ballygalget to his eldest son, Roland, Kirkistown to his second son, John, and Ballyspurge to his third son, Patrick. Soon afterwards Patrick built the White House.^[3] Other sources indicate that the house appears to have been built about 1634 by Roland Savage, a "cadet of the Ardkeen family".^[4]

Features

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References

54.4166°N -5.4666°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. 1983 . Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland . HMSO . Belfast . 114–115.
2. Web site: Ballyspurge . State Care Historic Monuments. 14 July 2009.
3. Book: Kirkistown Primary School. Cloughey History . Kirkistown .
4. Web site: The White House, Ballyspurge . Discover Ireland . 14 July 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110815195121/http://www.discoverireland.com/za/ireland-things-to-see-and-do/listings/product/?fid=NITB_3110 . August 15, 2011 .
5. Book: Mallory, J.P. . McNeill, T.E. . amp . 1991 . The Archaeology of Ulster from Colonization to Plantation . Institute of Irish Studies, QUB . Belfast . 313.