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Thomas Homan Mulock was born in 1756, the son of the Rev. John Mulock and Anne Homan. He served as a Justice of the Peace for King’s County before he was appointed High Sherriff of the county in 1822.

In 1803 he married Catherine Frances, daughter of Thomas Berry, of Eglish Castle, and Elizabeth Bury, of Charleville Castle, and a direct descendent of King Edward. They had no children. Thomas demolished the old Bellair House which stood close to the present house. The new Bellair House was designed by Richard Morrison. He was also given permission by his father, the Rev John Mulock, to build 50 slated houses in Bellair to accommodate the workers who were engaged in the Flax and Linen industry.

He made his will dated 18 October 1841, and after making provision for his wife, he devised his estates to his nephew, Thomas Homan Mulock Molloy. He directed his nephew on becoming entitled to the estates to take the sole name and arms of Homan Mulock. He died on 16 January 1843 and was buried at Liss, King’s County

Lemanaghan schoolhouse was built in the late 19th century and consisted of two rooms with fireplaces. An extension was added to the rear of the building in the late 1950s. The school was closed in 1972 and left unused for approximately 20 years, during which time it fell into disrepair.

Bloomhill National School was built by John Ennis of Ballinahown Court in 1863. It was closed in 1982, and the present-day St. Colmcille’s National School opened.

Abraham Fuller was born in 1753, the eldest son of Elinor (Pakenham) Fuller and Abraham Fuller of Violet Hill. As an adult he became a Barrister at Law, and on 7 Aug 1776 he married Catharine Williams, daughter of Adam Williams, Attorney of Bride Street , Dublin, and also of Williamstown, Edenderry, County Kildare. They had two sons and six daughters: Abraham (1777 - 1838), Martha, Adam (28 Feb 1782 - 15 June 1858), Lydia, Ann, Catherine. Their three youngest daughters all died very young, and were closely followed on 20 May 1783 by their mother Catharine Fuller. Abraham Fuller died 2 May 1842.

Adam Henry Fuller, the second son of Maria Blanch and Adam Fuller JP, was born 24 October 1822. On 20 Aug 1845 he married Lizzy Hyland. They had five children; Adam Augustus (13 Jul 1846 - 7 June 1919), Maria Blanch (b. 18 Oct 1848), Eva Sophia (b. 28 Jan 1853), Lizzie Helen, and Adam Henry (14 Mar 1866 - 1898). When his parents moved to Sandymount, Dublin in 1851, Henry Fuller had leased a home for his family in Coleraine, near Tullamore. After the death of his father, Adam Fuller, Captain Adam Henry Fuller became the landlord of Gurteen. At the time Gurteen was still let out, just like Woodfield House, on a lease. In 1866, Marcus Goodbody (1810-1885) requested to buy up the remainder of this lease, and Captain Fuller agreed. After this agreement, Goodbody then requested to lease Gurteen forever, at the same £1000 down, and again Captain Fuller agreed. The night before the lease agreement was to be signed, Captain Fuller dreamt that he was standing on the top of Gurteen Castle and Ann Unthank (Ann Gee) appeared to him. She showed him a lease, of which he was able to read the first four lines, and he noticed the wording was peculiar. Anne told him that if he signed the lease, it would be at his peril, threw it over the wall, and he woke up. The next morning, without telling his wife about the dream, he went to Tullamore to sign the lease. When the document was put before him he saw that the beginning was similar to the words he had seen in his dream. Remarking on their peculiarity he was told that it was a more modern way of drawing up leases, so he signed it. When he got home he told his wife, Lizzy Fuller, about the dream and she was very angry that he had signed the lease. With the money from the lease of Gurteen, Captain Fuller bought Rockfield, and moved his family from Coleraine.

Captain Fuller then went up to his regiment in County Monaghan, where he contracted typhoid fever. After being ill for some time he went to his brother, Reverend Abraham Stritch Fuller’s house in Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin, where he died within a year of signing the lease. Lizzy Fuller continued to lived on at Rockfield where her son Adam was born just after his father’s death in 1866.

Alice Blanche Anna Lamb, daughter of Constance Charlotte and Francis William John Alexander Lamb, was born 20 September 1903. She became engaged to Lewis of Streamstown House, County Westmeath, three months before her untimely death in November 1932.

Francis Lamb, second son of Sarah Duke and Francis Lamb, was born 4 January 1804. He married Catherine 'Harford' of Bandon on 30 Dec 1827. They had five children: Mary Eliza, Mary (16 Aug 1835 - 20 Aug 1835), Joseph (b. 5 Dec 1832), Sarah (b. 16 Sep 1830), and William (19 Nov 1828 - 1899).

George Francis Gamble was born 21 June 1837. He married Florence Gamble. From 1854-72 he served in the Royal Marine Light Infantry. He left the Marines at the rank of Major, and went on to write several manuals on military commands and exercises. In 1884, his daughter, Cléonice Gamble was born. After his military career, Major George Francis Gamble worked as the registrar and secretary of Mount Jerome Cemetery for forty years. Major George Francis Gamble died 22 Feb 1912. One of his grandsons attended the funeral of George Bernard Shaw in 1950.

Alice Ann Kerr married William Lamb LLD in 1873. She had two children, the first died in infancy, and the second, Francis William John Alexander Lamb was born 8 June 1874.