The Tandragee Home in County Armagh

HI ya doin folks, I hope this finds you all healthy and well. This house project I have named The Tandragee Home its for a gentleman named Ben who commissioned the house a while back and who has been patient and very helpful in bringing this project together. I also want to thank Stewart‪@sdrwoodworks‬ who helped with video and advice. The house is located here in Northern Ireland and although a challenge it is a magnificent piece of architecture and really enjoyable to craft. It will not be a straight forward video build but I hope you enjoy the direction I've took in documenting the build for you. As always thanks to all you subscribers and all who have taken the time to read this, thankyou and I'll see ya later :)

History
Overlooking the town is Tandragee Castle. Originally the seat of the Chief of the Name of the O'Hanlon Irish clan and Lord of Orior, the Castle and surrounding countryside were confiscated and granted to Oliver St John and his heirs during the Tudor conquest of Ireland and the Plantation of Ulster.

According to D. J. O'Donoghue's account of his 1825 Irish tour, Sir Walter Scott was fascinated by the life and career of Redmond O'Hanlon, a local Rapparee leader. Hoping to make him the protagonist of an adventure novel, Scott corresponded with Lady Olivia Sparrow, an Anglo-Irish landowner whose estates included Tandragee. Although Scott asked Lady Olivia to obtain as much information as possible about O'Hanlon, he was forced to give up on the project after finding documentation too scanty.[5]

Tandragee Castle was rebuilt in about 1837 for The 6th Duke of Manchester. Today, its grounds are home to the Tayto potato-crisp factory.

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