Listen Back: Owner of well-known Cavan estate has died. The owner of a well-known estate in Co Cavan has died.
John Morehart owns the historic Bellamont Castle in Cootehill.
The 69-year-old purchased the 18th-century Palladian villa and demesne which stands on a thousand acres outside Cootehill for over 2 million euro.
Local man Noel Carney said he knew Mr Morehart for many years and described him as a "great people person."
He told Northern Sound that Mr Moreheart initially came to Ireland 30 years ago and fell in love with the island and the people.
He bought a holiday house in West Cork and always said he wanted a farm or land and when Bellmont came up for sale he bought it back in 2015.
Jodie Curran has been speaking in detail with Mr Carney about the late estate owner:
