Bomb Found at Haughey House
An unexploded bomb was found yesterday at the huge house being built at Dungooley, near Kilcurry, Dundalk, by Eddie Haughey, Lord Ballyedmund.
The discovery, coming on top of last week's spate of fire-bombings on Newry retail stores, has heightened fears of an upsurge in dissident violence in the border area.
The bomb which was found in a downstairs room of the mansion, at Dungooley where Haughey grew up, contained about 70 lbs of ground fertiliser, with an added booster, and a command wire from the bomb was discovered leading down a laneway adjoining the house.
He is believed to one of Ireland's richest men, with an estimated worth well in excess of €500M derived from his vetinary pharmaceuticals firm in Newry, Norbrook Laboratories, which also has plants in the US.
He is considered a generous benefactor in his home area of Kilcurry, and has been responsible for much remedial, and restoration work in and around Kilcurry Church and graveyard.
Like most great success stories Haughey came from relatively humble beginnings and began his gainful employment with R.Q. O'Neills, at their former shop in Earl Street, Dundalk.
With his acquired wealth he has developed a taste for castles, and his home is Ballyedmund Castle (hence the peerage title)on the northern shore of Calingford Lough, just directly across from Carlingford itself. He bought the castle, which has a substantial acreage of farmland, in a ruined state, after it had been fire-bombed in the early part of the northern troubles, and restored it to it's glory. He also owns Corby Castle, near Carlisle, in Cumbria.
A former member of the Irish Seanad, he now represents the Ulster Unionist Party in the House of Lords, a position which carries with it, the title, Baron of Ballyedmund.
Rumours abound, though as yet totally unsubstantiated, that he recently bought the freehold of Dundalk, when the title came up for sale by tender towards the end of last month.
The discovery, coming on top of last week's spate of fire-bombings on Newry retail stores, has heightened fears of an upsurge in dissident violence in the border area.
The bomb which was found in a downstairs room of the mansion, at Dungooley where Haughey grew up, contained about 70 lbs of ground fertiliser, with an added booster, and a command wire from the bomb was discovered leading down a laneway adjoining the house.
He is believed to one of Ireland's richest men, with an estimated worth well in excess of €500M derived from his vetinary pharmaceuticals firm in Newry, Norbrook Laboratories, which also has plants in the US.
He is considered a generous benefactor in his home area of Kilcurry, and has been responsible for much remedial, and restoration work in and around Kilcurry Church and graveyard.
Like most great success stories Haughey came from relatively humble beginnings and began his gainful employment with R.Q. O'Neills, at their former shop in Earl Street, Dundalk.
With his acquired wealth he has developed a taste for castles, and his home is Ballyedmund Castle (hence the peerage title)on the northern shore of Calingford Lough, just directly across from Carlingford itself. He bought the castle, which has a substantial acreage of farmland, in a ruined state, after it had been fire-bombed in the early part of the northern troubles, and restored it to it's glory. He also owns Corby Castle, near Carlisle, in Cumbria.
A former member of the Irish Seanad, he now represents the Ulster Unionist Party in the House of Lords, a position which carries with it, the title, Baron of Ballyedmund.
Rumours abound, though as yet totally unsubstantiated, that he recently bought the freehold of Dundalk, when the title came up for sale by tender towards the end of last month.
posted by Editor at 9:19 a.m.
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