15-635: Baron Dunleath , of Ballywalter in the County of Down , is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . It was created on 29 August 1892 for the businessman and former Conservative Member of Parliament for Downpatrick , John Mulholland . The Mulholland family were involved in the cotton and linen industry in Ulster in the north of Ireland . The first Baron's son, the second Baron, represented Londonderry North in
30-533: A battle in Newtownards in 1798. Inside the church, there is a headstone to Arthur Lusks who sailed around the world in 1753 with George Anson . On the southern edge of the village is Ballywalter Park, open to the public by appointment. The house is the ancestral seat of The 6th Baron Dunleath . The park plays host to the Northern Ireland Game Fair, which has attracted nearly 40,000 people over
45-414: A single weekend. Ballywalter Park is a Grade A listed stately home, deemed to be of exceptional architectural importance. On the morning of 10 June 1798 (known thereafter as "Pike Sunday"), a force of United Irishmen , mainly from Bangor , Donaghadee , Greyabbey and Ballywalter, attempted to occupy the town of Newtownards . They were met with musket fire from the market house and among those killed
60-680: Is classified as a village (a population between 1,000 and 2,250 people). On census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,416 people living in Ballywalter. Of these: The Ballywalter Parish of the Church of Ireland is part of the Area Deanery of Ards. Its church in the village is the Holy Trinity Church on the Whitechurch Road. There is also St. Andrew's church which is located at Balligan, south of
75-595: Is the present holder's son the Hon. Andrew Henry Mulholland (b. 1981). see above for further succession Ballywalter Ballywalter (from Irish Baile 'homestead' and Walter ) is a village or townland (of 437 acres or 177 hectares) and civil parish in County Down , Northern Ireland . It is on the east ( Irish Sea ) coast of the Ards Peninsula between Donaghadee and Ballyhalbert . Ballywalter
90-611: The House of Commons as a Conservative. His grandson, the fourth Baron, was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for the Alliance Party . He was succeeded by his first cousin, the fifth Baron, who had already succeeded his father as second Baronet of Ballyscullion (see below). As of 2017 the titles are held by the fifth Baron's son, the sixth Baron, who succeeded in 1997. The Mulholland Baronetcy , of Ballyscullion Park in
105-657: The County of Londonderry , was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 3 July 1945 for the Hon. Henry Mulholland . He was the third son of the second Baron Dunleath and notably served as Speaker of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland . He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned second Baronet, who in 1993 succeeded his cousin as fifth Baron Dunleath. The family seat is Ballywalter Park , near Newtownards , County Down in Northern Ireland . The heir apparent
120-544: The Upper Ards District LOL No 11, in the County Down Grand Orange Lodge. It was first formed in the village in the mid-19th century and has had continued membership to the present day. Ballywalter Recreation F.C. has become well known, due to the talent in the younger teams, right through to the runner-up league and cup team, the Ballywalter rec u17s. The civil parish of Ballywalter contains
135-451: The executed was a minister from near Ballywalter, Rev. Robert Goudy of Dunover . After the insurrection, bands of soldiers and yeomen scoured the country looking for United Irishmen. It is said locally that some Ballywalter men escaped capture by spending days at sea, hiding behind the Long Rock. In the 2011 census, Ballywalter had a population of 2,027 people (874 households). Ballywalter
150-477: The inhabitants of the little village of Ballywalter nine men were actually killed and thirteen returned wounded, victims of their folly. If a trifling village suffered so much what must have been the aggregate loss in those parts of the country which were in a state of rebellion." A number of Presbyterian ministers in the Ards were deemed to have taken part in the rebellion and were tried, found guilty, and executed. Among
165-514: The northern edge of Ballywalter is the townland of Whitechurch (which has been translated as Whitkirk in Ulster Scots ). Within this townland is the Whitechurch graveyard, an important burial place. The oldest gravestone is to John Cooper who had emigrated from Scotland to Ireland in 1606. He died aged 90 in 1608. The graveyard also contains the graves of several United Irishmen who were killed in
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#1733085032596180-453: The village of the same name. The civil parish contains the following townlands: Brian Mulholland, 6th Baron Dunleath Brian Henry Mulholland, 6th Baron Dunleath , DL (born 25 September 1950), is a Northern Irish hereditary peer and former politician. His ancestral seat is Ballywalter Park, a country house at Ballywalter on the Ards in County Down . Lord Dunleath was educated at Eton College . In 1997 he succeeded to
195-677: The village. The Ballywalter Presbyterian Church is situated in the Main Street. It is one of the oldest Presbyterian churches in Ireland being established in 1626. A Loyal Orange Lodge, working under the authority of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland , sits in the Orange Hall, Main Street, Ballywalter. It takes the title of Ballywalter Heroes Loyal Orange Lodge, number 1884, and is itself part of
210-459: Was James Cain, an 18-year-old male from Ballyferris outside Ballywalter. Cain was buried in Whitechurch graveyard. The extent to which the people of Ballywalter were involved in the 1798 Rebellion is illustrated by an announcement in the Freeman's Journal on 11 August 1798, which stated: "...the magnitude of the punishment of many districts of County Down may be conceived from this single fact-of
225-691: Was formerly known as Whitkirk as far back as the 12th century. It had a population of 2,027 people in the 2011 census. The name of the village is derived from the Irish Baile Bhaltair meaning Walter's townland . This may have been a gaelicisation of Walter(s)ton . The name Walter was common among the Anglo-Normans who began to arrive in Ireland in the late 1100s. The taxation of Pope Nicholas IV known as Taxatio Ecclesiastica and compiled in 1291–1292 refers to Rector ville Walteri de Logan , i.e. ‘the rector of Walter-de-Logan’s town’. On
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