Major Denis Bingham's son William birth information

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In 1795 Richard Bingham built his castle at Elly Bay.  It was built Castellated Style with the offices and gardens commensurating with the full extent of the building.  Built on the northern reaches of Elly Bay, today nothing substantial survives of Bingham Castle except for low grass covered foundations. 

A portion of the Castle was deliberately pulled down in 1929.  The remainder was subsequently removed over a period of years and the stone used to build later dwellings in the locality.

[Bob Queensland]

Hi Hallmark ... found the Bingham Castle Chapel of Ease location from historic ordinance map however not even a ruin is left ... only foundation stones of castle ... have to explore more with local inhabitants
Maj Bingham built Binghamstown and Castle in 1796 I believe... I will send Deirdre an email .. Thanks

[Bob Queensland]

I have also read that Sir Richard built the castle in 1796 but his life does not go anywhere near that period ... he lived and died two hundred years prior ... he may have surveyed and laid a foundation for a castle when searching for the Spanish Armada because he had positioned his men on the west coast near Elly Bay, a pretty bay Sir Richard says he was taken by its beauty ... rumour has it that Maj Denis may have used this site or foundation to build his castle in 1796

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Major Bingham, having inherited almost half of Erris from his mother, formerly Frances Shaen, came to live here about 1796.

 After he married Elizabeth Nash of Cloontakilla, he began to settle at Bangor and built a dwelling house on a hillside overlooking the road. He later built Bingham Lodge on the western side of the town.

http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/en/towns-villages/bangor/bangor-history-brief-bangor.html

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This contradicts the above..

http://www.thepeerage.com/p22444.htm

Denis Bingham was born in 1818. He was the son of Robert Augustus Bingham and Anne Bingham.  He married Elizabeth Elinor Nash, daughter of Arthur Nash, in 1846  He died in 1902

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"Major" Denis Bingham died in a shooting accident in the first half of the nineteenth century.
The castle was destroyed by the IRA in 1925.

He also owned a "town" house in Binghamstown, about ten miles from the castle. Denis Bingham had fallen on hard times before he died.

At one stage he let Binghamstown house to the local Catholic priest. Later he operated Binghamstown
House as a brothel.

http://newsfeed.rootsweb.com/th/read/BINGHAM/2000-01/0947737390

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So... Denis was "of Dublin"
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Denis Bingham was a direct descendant of Sir Arthur Shaen, Baronet, by his wife, Susanna Shaen.

The Right Honorable Robert, Lord Clonbrock was a descendant of Susanna Shaen by her second husband, Robert Dillon.