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 | | It is clear, however, that Turner's design for Stormont is not derived from Prince Albert's work there between 1853 and 1855, but from a set of drawings still preserved in the Public Record Office for Northern Ireland. |
 | | On his moving away from Belfast the Castle became vacant, and in April 1921 both it and the surrounding land was offered at auction by a firm of Dublin auctioneers, but withdrawn when no bid higher than £15,000 was obtained. |
 | | Captain O'Neill as Prime Minister resided, when in Belfast, at Stormont House, built as a residence for the Speakers of the Northern Ireland House of Commons (but not used as such by the then speaker, the late Sir Norman Stronge, who with his son was later assassinated by the IRA). |
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