Northern Ireland, bringing history to life
Here is an exceptionally rare list of County Londonderry's High Sheriffs, across over two hundred years, from the late 1600s to the late 1800s. Unfortunately, unlike with the Country Antrim …
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The High Sheriffs of County Antrim 1603 to 1854 Between 1603 and 1854, three Portglenone men held the office of High Sheriff of County Antrim, namely: 1667, Francis Stafford, Portglenone. 1765, …
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A Trade That Would Not Lie Down In the 1700s and 1800s, Britain's anatomists laboured under a problem that no amount of learning could solve: there were simply not enough dead people to go round. …
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Reverend Mark Bloxham of Tamlaght O'Crilly Lower Church of Ireland - near Innisrush Mark Bloxham was curate in Tamlaght Lower (back then known as Tyanee Chapel of Ease) from 1826 until his death in …
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The Ulster Covenant (sometimes referred to as Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant) was signed by 471,414 people (237,368 men and 234,046 women) on (or before) 28 September 1912. In a sign of the …
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1960s, Tea Break for Farmers in a Cornfield in Ireland The word 'corn' has different meanings depending on which part of the world you are in. Corn in the United States of America is often …
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