Terence Reeve Smith
Archaeologist, architectural and garden historian, formerly Senior Inspector with Northern Ireland's Historic Environment Division; author of "A Guide to Irish Gardens" and President of the Northern Ireland Heritage Gardens Trust.
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May 31, 2026
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The Conroy family became probably the richest landowners in Ireland by the 19th century.
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They had inherited and acquired, should we say, in the early 17th century, vast estates in County Antrim and County Down around Lisbon, a huge sweep of land right up to Belfast.
Terence Reeve SmithGUEST
The first agent that Fuchs Conway had in Ireland, now Conway was often an absentee, so he had an agent called, well, George Rawdon to start with.
Terence Reeve SmithGUEST
And it becomes even more interesting when the estate is inherited by the second Viscount Conway.
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