Northern Ireland, bringing history to life
This delightful country church sits a short distance outside Cullybackey. In modern times, the Craigs Parish Church is grouped with Dunaghy & Killagan. Cullybackey Church Records History notes …
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In the 1497 book by Caxton called "History of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland” there is the following quotation: It was from this legend, that Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852) found inspiration …
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Timothy Eaton (March 1834 to 31st January 1907) emigrated and found great fortune in Canada during the second half of the 1800s. There has been much written about his life in Canada, less so about his …
I was looking across old newspapers, last year, when I came across this old poem about the River Bann. I'd saved it, but never got around to putting it on the website. It's a tad unusual, in that …
By Carol from Derby in England When she was in her seventies, my great aunt, Rebecca (Neely) who was in England, had needed proof of age to draw her pension. She had not been able to obtain a birth …
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I recently spotted, in an old newspaper, the death notice of a very old lady in Cullybackey. Martha Hanna was a stunning 126 years old when she died in March 1808. 1808 Cullybackey - 126 Year Old …
