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ROAD NAMES OF MOYLE DISTRICT COUNCIL |
Paul Tempan
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The Northern Ireland Place names Project (2005); to provide Irish language forms for place names and postal addresses. |
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BALLYCASTLE WORKHOUSE: THE EARLY YEARS
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Frank Rogers |
Opened in 1843, historical background and description of the buildings; first inmates and daily routines; the Famine period; short lived attempt to send female inmates to the Australian Colonies; a poignant account of the life of one inmate during that period.
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O.S map of the area 1909; Photograph George Williamson; plan of Dunfanaghy Workhouse; typical layout; the O’Connor monument; table of inmates in 1847; plaque at Crockatinney in the Paupers Graveyard. |
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THE LONG-LINE FISHERMAN IDENTIFIED |
James McQuilken
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The 19th century photographer Robert Welch, known for his pictures of working men and their gear; his photo of a Rathlin fisherman now identified as Joseph Brown, who was also a champion rower in the Portrush Regatta in 1872.
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Reproduction of the Robert Welch Photograph; Photograph of Joseph Brown in later life. |
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STRANGE BEHAVIOURS : A HISTORY OF NATURALISTS AND NATURE STUDIES IN THE GLENS OF ANTRIM |
Philip.S Watson
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Exploring the Glens from earliest times; Richard Dobbs; 20th century naturalists, Welch, Praeger et al; the work of the RNIB; the designation of the Glens as an AONB and ASSI. |
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LONG FORGOTTEN GAELIC SONGS OF RATHLIN AND THE GLENS |
Sorcha Nic Lochlainn
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Collecting folksongs; Bunting in the 18th century; Eoin MacNeill; James Hamilton Delargy and others in the 19th century; the Irish and Scots Gaelic tradition especially on Rathlin. |
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SOME BYWAYS IN THE SEARCH FOR JOHN SAYERS R.N. |
Jean Ludlow
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The authors search for the records of her great-great-great grandfather in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Finds connections to Glenarm, the Lutine Bell, Lord Nelson and Emma Hamilton, Wolfe Tone and the ’98.
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Photograph of St. Patrick’s Church Glenarm; the Tory Island Medallion; the Foudroyant Medallion |
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ULSTER SCOTS IN THE GLENS |
Brian MacLochlainn
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Comprehensive overview of the dialect heard in the Glens.Origins of English and its dialects; the Makars; influence of the Reformation and the Union with England; the Kailyard School; modern Ulster Scots and ‘Ullans’. |
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ERECTION OF PLAQUE DEDICATED TO HUMBERT CRAIG |
Harry Hume
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The erection of a Blue Plaque to the painter Humbert Craig at his cottage in Cushendun.
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Photograph of group outside Craig’s Tornamona Cottage |