Springhill House
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Image: © Robert Ashby Taken: 24 May 2007
A quiet corner of Springhill House, a 17th C. Plantation House originally the home of the Conyngham family who came from Ayrshire around 1611 and were granted lands under King James 1st's Plantation of Ulster. They purchased the Springhill Estate about 1630 and the house was built c. 1680. It has been in the care of the National Trust since 1957.