New Park and "Monty"

Montgomery family at New Park, Moville

Black and white photograph of Montgomery family members taken at the family residence, New Park, Moville, Co Donegal.

Brian Montgomery

Montgomery family at New Park, Moville
Brian Montgomery

Montgomery family at New Park, Moville

Black and white photograph of Montgomery family members taken at the family residence, New Park, Moville, Co Donegal.

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New Park, Moville

Black and white photo of New park, Moville, home of the family of Field-Marshall Bernard Montgomery. The view is of a large Victorian house with bay windows, surrounded by tall trees.

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New Park, Moville
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New Park, Moville

Black and white photo of New park, Moville, home of the family of Field-Marshall Bernard Montgomery. The view is of a large Victorian house with bay windows, surrounded by tall trees.

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They first settled in southwest Donegal, in the area of Killaghtee, some thirty miles from Donegal Town. In 1750, Samuel Montgomery came from there to the city of Derry, where he was a wholesale wine merchant. He married Ann Porter, from Greencastle, Co Donegal. Some years after this, he bought an estate of sixty acres at Moville for construction the family home called New Park. This was later to become the place where Bishop and Lady Montgomery, Bernard's parents lived until her death in 1949.
 

Samuel Law Montgomery, "Monty"'s great-grandfather, made many improvements at New Park, and in his time also Moville began to develop and grow. It was here that the future WW2 hero came during the Great War of 1914 to spend his periodical leave from the battlefront in France.

Montgomery of Alamein

Black and white photo of Field-Marshall Bernard Montgomery, in military regalia. He is posed in front of a desk, behind him is a framed portrait of his father, Bishop Bernard Montgomery, who is dressed in episcopal robes and mitre

Brian Montgomery

Montgomery of Alamein
Brian Montgomery

Montgomery of Alamein

Black and white photo of Field-Marshall Bernard Montgomery, in military regalia. He is posed in front of a desk, behind him is a framed portrait of his father, Bishop Bernard Montgomery, who is dressed in episcopal robes and mitre

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The property passed to Samuel Law's eldest son, also Samuel, who, although landlord of Moville from 1832-1874, spent very little time there. He spent thousands of pounds developing the town, which he hoped one day would emerge as a flourishing seaside town or spa. He built houses, roads, a school, the family church in the grounds of New Park, and a wharf for a steamer service on Lough Foyle.
 

For more information on Field-Marshall Montgomery's career go to:

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