A detailed description of Seskinore Lodge and its surroundings is given in A. Atkinson’s nineteenth-century account of the district, providing valuable insight into the appearance and condition of the estate around 1830.
Extract from Atkinson (c.1830)
“Seskinore Lodge, the seat of Mrs. Perry (relict of the late George Perry, Esq.), is part and parcel of the Seskinore estate, and comprehends a neat and fashionable lodge, a tastefully planted lawn, and about sixty Irish acres of a farm.
The land is well adapted to the growth of flax and corn crops, and to that of garden vegetables and ornamental trees. The demesne, however, lies low, and the prospect from the lodge is confined to the beauties of the immediate surroundings, where the rose, the sweet William, and the sweet brier diffuse their fragrance.
The ancient residence of this family was at Mullaghmore, denominated Perrymount during their occupation; and this, together with the village of Seskinore, erected by the Perry family, formed part of the same property.
Seskinore lies within a short distance of the great coach road between Dublin and Derry, and about five miles from Omagh.
A school for the education of Protestant children has been established near the village by Mrs. Perry, and was observed in 1830 to be well attended and satisfactorily conducted.”
Source
A. Atkinson, *Ireland in the Nineteenth Century*
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