Photograph of Kilrea fire station crew in the 1950s. The firemen included – Davy Kerr, Jimmy McGrath, Eugene McCamphill, Tommy Holmes, Hugh Shields, Jim Brownlow, Charlie McAtamney, Harry Brownlow, Jack Pinkerton, Bobby Brownlow, Ernie Thompson.
Derry Central Railway opened in 1880. The line ran from Magherafelt to Coleraine. The 7 intermediary stations were: Knockloughrim, Maghera, Upperlands, Kilrea, Garvagh, Aghadowey, Macfin.
The Church of Ireland in Kilrea – St Patricks – is sometimes referred to as Kilrea Parish…
Thompson Mulholland, of Ballymacpeake, Eden, Portglenone, got confirmed in Kilrea Parish Church – aka St. Patrick’s Church of Ireland – on Tuesday 2nd May 1911.
Kilrea – body snatchers strike in County Derry graveyard, digging up a fresh corpse.