Having arrived in Ireland in 1617, the Pringle family were major egg and butter merchants by 1900. A branch was based on the Diamond in Clones, with major residencies at Clonboy House and Ballinahone. The Pringle Memorial Hall was opened in 1908 in honour of John Pringle of Clones. His eldest son Seton Sydney Pringle was president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Seton and his wife Ethel were father to three sons (Commander John Pringle, RN; Donald Pringle, headmaster of Castle Park; and Air Marshal Sir Charles Pringle) and two daughters (Betty Butler and Peggy Snow, grandmother of Dan Snow).
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