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A Fascinating History...
January 1, 2022
The Nugents at Ballinlough, who are really O’Reillys, having assumed the surname of Nugent in 1812 to inherit a legacy, are almost unique in being a Catholic Celtic-Irish family who still live in their family castle.
The Nugent family at Ballinlough were originally called O’Reilly, but assumed the surname of Nugent in 1812 to inherit a legacy. They are almost unique in being a Catholic Celtic-Irish family who still live in their family castle.
The castle was built in the early seventeenth century and the O'Reilly coat of arms over the front door carries the date 1614 along with the O’Reilly motto Fortitudine et Prudentia.
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