A Castle With A Catch

1. Wrecking ball urgently required!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not worth a $1!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pull it down!!!!!!!!!!! A liability and a health hazard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   • Family history there. Please don’t think like American’s who tear everything down then wonder why hey have no sense of belonging!!

     • I too have family history there, are you also related to my Great Grandfather Joseph Ormond McDermott and Mary May Lawler? Obviously I agree with your comment.

     • Please ignore the silly person, it’s the most beautiful place and if I had a spare £100k I’d buy it in a heartbeat. House of my dreams 🙂

     • This American doesn’t think that way- Fix the girl!

       • Thank you, all Americans do not feel that way at all. it would be glorious to see it cared for and restored to whatever degree possible.

       • This american agrees, Restore this beauty! You will actually find a lot of the people would rather save landmarks like this. Its the companies and government that buy landmarks and tear them down. Stop stereotyping it is very unbecoming.

     • I agree with Mary! I am a McDermett descended from the the family who built this castle. Yes, I am an American but my roots are deep in Ireland and Scotland. I know if I had the money, I would buy and restore it to its former glory!

       • We could all pool together as decendants and claim the property so i can raise my children there.

     • I don’t think anyone will be doing anything with it tearing it down or renovating it just doesn’t make sense economically

     • Some Americans. There are many of us who appreciated and value history and tradition.

     • Hi Mary,
       That was pretty harsh about Americans! A lot of Americans are of Irish dissent and absolutely love Ireland and the Irish people.
       I’m an American and I’ve been to McDermott Island 3 times and love it.

       • Well said!

         • Well, other than “Irish dissent” haha!

       • Looks lovely. Wish I’d been to visit. Why dont we all form a consortium, chip in a bit each and buy it?

     • I love it, this American also says FIX IT! To much history gets destroyed.

     • Not all Americans do that or feel that way. But, thanks got the judgment.

     • Generalize much?

     • Absolutely agree, how dare it be destroyed

     • There are two types of people…..Destroyers and Savers. Not all Americans are destroyers (We saw plenty of historic homes in Dublin being torn apart). I absolutely LOVE older things and had a business that relied on it. Please don’t listen to that obvious troll.

   • Useless Troll.
     Your mommy should kick you out of her basement and take away your internet. So the rest of us would not have to be subjected to your noxious self.

   • You are what’s wrong with history

   • No, do not tear this beautiful place down. It has aged, yes, but it is more magnificent. I would love to buy this and put all my time and effort into restoring it.

   • Pull castle down it’s our history

   • Rod is an American asshole I know him personally. Ignore his post.

     • We believe him to be an Australian marketing consultant, but you may be right.

2. Sublime.

   • This December 2019? I have not seen any notice from the organization that was trying to save the Island. Is it going to become part of the huge outdoor recreational camping and boating tourist Attraction?

3. Yolanda?????

4. Property Professional required.

5. I may be interested, but would like to see interior pictures. I am a recent widow in Canada with the means to restore.

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   • As a traditional structural carpenter, I’d love to get my teeth into a project like restoring this place.
     I imagine it would need to be done in several phases, with the masonry stabilised before anything else, but the individual roof and floor frames wouldn’t be too difficult with the right supplies of green oak.

   • How you doin’?

6. Not all American’s want to tear down buildings. I’m American and I love historical buildings, and would buy all of them and restore them to their greatest glory if I had the money. That would truly be a dream come true. I love these types of places. Please don’t lump us all together. we are all different.

   • Thank you for your comment Leah. Well said, we are all different. It is sad that we can’t even go to other countries and say we came from United States because quickly we are treated as the worst people in the world. How sad it’s this feeling for us, the people that think and appreciate history and culture. I also hoped to have that money to buy this castle, my three children would be amazed to live there.

7. It’s beautiful and would be a glorious sight once restored. I personally would live there full time. Absolutely gorgeous.

8. American who would never dream of tearing that down!! If I had the means it would be bought & restored. I’d love a place like that.

9. From a Canadian citizen with very strong Irish heritage. Restore this wonderful place. Or leave it to stand as a testimony to the areas history.

10. I’m American and love historical buildings. Our grandfather, James McDermott, was from Roscommon. My brother and I would be interested in our family here in America pitching in to purchase the castle for preservation and eventual site seeing by all Mac Diarmada.

11. I agree. I’m an American, but I’m a MC Dormott too. I would to fix it up.

12. It’s a beautiful castle. Would have moved to see it in its prime, maybe even redone proper.

13. Another American McDermott here, and I am enamored as well by the stately and peaceful vision of this majestic structure. My father’s roots run to Roscommon, and my mother’s to nearby County Cork. I guess things are a bit different in Ireland, than here in the U.S. National monuments are owned and maintained by the government. Why doesn’t the Irish government take the initiative to preserve and restore the castle ?

    • My bad….my mother’s family was from County Sligo, not Cork.

14. I wouldn’t exactly call County Cork nearby, but okay. lol

15. My great Grandparents came from Roscommon. I strongly urge that the Castle be saved. We should not destroy a part of our heritage.

    • My Great Grandfather Joseph Augustine McDermott was from Sligo. Immigrated to Canada and married Sarah Linklater. Sure would be great if they saved the castle

      • Any relationship to Malcolm McDermott? He’s my 3X(?) great grandfather, and I’m stuck on genealogy prior to him. I’ve traced the Stafford side to 1742 England, but the McDermott side stops with Malcolm and his wife, Emma.

        • Sheliagh, have you made contact with the exceptional geneoligst Marcas O MUrchu? He can trace the McDermott-Roe clan back 40 generations. He could certainly give you some clues. Do let me know if you’d like his details or if you are Ancestory.co.uk, you’ll find him there

16. My great Grandparents came from Roscommon. I strongly urge that the Castle be saved. We should not destroy a part of our heritage.

17. My great Grandparents came from Roscommon. I strongly urge that the Castle be saved. We should not destroy a part of our heritage.
    I have not commented before. I suspect there is more than one Mary Mc Dermott.

18. Tried to comment on saving the Castle. But apparently this website thinks there should only be one Mary McDermott.

19. I specialize in restoration of historical sites such as this. If whom ever buys it needs my services let me know !

20. It should be up to the family in which it was built to decide. Who is to say that the McDermott’s no longer lay claim?

21. Everyone gets upset when the anything is said against Muslims, African-Americans and Mexicans – but plain ol’ American bashing is quite okay!
    We have a history here, too, you know. Not all American’s want to tear things down – just as not all Europeans want to tear things downs.
    It’s a ridiculous comment.
    That said, my family are Napier’s and originally from Ireland. If I had the money, I’d purchase this in a heartbeat and restore it.
    It’s beautiful.

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23. I live in the United States. My father was William McDermott and he married Elizabeth Rose Flannery. Sad the original castle is long gone.

24. The $100k is the opening bid? What is it expected to sell for? Is it still under litigation with the bank/fund company?

25. I want to do restore this site! I just dont have the funds to do so…I wish I could. If the opportunity ever arose that I could do it I would, without hesitation.

26. McDermott family in Belfast, my mother’s family Kelly came from Roscommon. Love this place, wish i had a spare million to purchase, restore and open for the public to admire

27. As a McDermott and a retired firefighter !! I’d like to see this place saved and I will come over and visit one day. My Dads side of the family tree is a bit thin on detail. Roots ?

28. I would love it … reinforce what is there and rebuild the inside. A warm cozy fire and candlelight all the time. Could do composting toilets, and other things as electricity would not be what I want. Solar power maybe … It would be a dream if I had the money to do it.

29. so… what’s the catch? and where did the pit go that used to be there in the front yard?

30. Who wants to be a dollar millionaire? Everyone itt!

31. Anyone know the current status of McDermott castle island?
    Anyone have heritage pieces, photos, etc for sale?
    Is it possible to visit/tour area? Whats the best time of year?

32. a very beautiful place, hopefully someone will renovate it again into a very beautiful place with a story, a memory that will grow together ..

33. I do agree with the McDermott’s suggesting we all club together as a clan to purchase this castle (although the folly that it now is, officially was built by the Kings) Let’s hope it doesn’t disintegrate to a heap of rubble. My eleven year old’ grand-daughtr’s eye’s we’re as big as saucers when she was shown the picture, of what is the landmark of our ancestors home

34. As a McDermott my fathers name was Anthony Bernard McDermott and his nana gini McDermott was from that part of Ireland and related to James McDermott it our history no way should it be knocked down rod McDermott

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