Claim: Bryan Cooper inherited the Markree castle on the death of his father in 1902 and resided there with his family (except during World War I and when carrying out political duties) until his death in 1930, then after the Second World War, the castle stood empty and derelict, but since 2015, it is run by the Corscadden family.
Evidence: Bryan Cooper (politician) (1884–1930), Irish independent/Cumann na nGaedhael politician Bryan Ricco Cooper (17 June 1884 – 5 July 1930) was an Irish politician, writer and landowner from Markree Castle, County Sligo. In 1900, his father died during the war of typhoid fever and Bryan inherited Markree from his grandfather Edward Henry Cooper.