Moneymore is a village of some 1900 people, situated in County Londonderry. The plantation village was built by the Drapers’ Company of London, who also had land in nearby Draperstown (hence the name ‘Draperstown’). The word Moneymore comes from the Irish ‘Muine Mór’ and means a large thicket or large hill. A century ago, four to five hundred people lived there. My...
In the autumn of 1934, reports started appearing in the local Irish media of sightings of a ghost ship off the East coast of Ulster. The Belfast media picked up the story, and their headlines and tales of the strange goings on, along the County down coastline, inspired many readers to write to the various letters’ pages. [su_quote style=”flat-dark” cite=”Belfast News...