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Tag: Co. Armagh

The Jewel in the Crown

davidacheson7 21st Century Leave a comment 21st Oct 202313th Nov 2023 1 Minute

Tomás Ó Fiaich

I had no idea who Father Fee was when I. read about him leaving Clonfeacle Parish in 1953. I was shocked to learn later that he would become Cardinal Tomas O Fiaich. Apparently he could sing a song or two. There's now a Memorial Library dedicated to him in Armagh.

Extracted in part from an article in the Dungannon Observer in 1953

davidacheson7 The 1950s Leave a comment 21st Jul 202312th Aug 2023 1 Minute

Fort Painting

I had never seen this painting by Thomas Creswick of Charlemont Fort from around the mid 19th century before I found it online today . It is held in Armagh County Museum.
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The Fort burnt

Charlemont Fort in Charlemont, Co. Armagh was burnt by masked Irishmen in 1920. I assume it was for political reasons and not because it was a cold August that year
davidacheson7 The 1920s Leave a comment 14th Jul 202310th Aug 2023 1 Minute

Maps

I had no idea the Moy Square used to be known in olden days as The Diamond - maybe even Moy Diamond. Nor was Trew & Moy Railway Station always known by that name - welcome True & Moy Railway Station and True Mount! I wonder what initiated the changes.
davidacheson7 21st Century Leave a comment 13th Jul 202310th Aug 2023 1 Minute

Graves

I was always wary about walking into unfamiliar graveyards and Clonfeacle outside Blackwatertown was a case of the unknown to me. I wanted to see the graves of some of the people I had read about in the books I have been compiling. The sad story of Margaret Casey who died trying to sae her son, the Cromie girls who drowned in a bad road accident. Michael Collins who was killed in New York. I was at Collegeland too - to pay respects to Paul Mills, and to see the graves of the Mackle children and young Dermot McNeice.
davidacheson7 The 1950s Leave a comment 23rd Jun 202310th Aug 2023 1 Minute

Argory Christmas Fair

Dreaming of a White Christmas at the Argory Christmas Fair. See what festive life was like back in the 1800s. The Christmas table, the presents wrapped up beneath the tree. Outside in the courtyard experience the live music, the crafts on display and grab something from the food stalls.
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  • The book has finally arrived!
  • Get your cameras out!
  • Fancy Dress Parade 1967
  • Dog Show at Moy Festival Week 1968
  • Talk on Charlemont and its fort by James Kane at Benburb Priory on 25th September at 8.00pm
  • Moy Tir-na-nOg Team 1960
  • Contents – Page 3 of Book 1
  • Contents – Page 2 of Book 1
  • Contents – Page 1 Book 1
  • Two new books coming out for Christmas
  • Moy Fire Tragedy Part 1
  • The Moy Fire Tragedy Part 2
  • Benburb Priory opened
  • Thomas Mitchell
  • Annual Soiree 1884
  • Daffodil Sale in 1928
  • Tena 100
  • Rain stopped play
  • The Jewel in the Crown
  • John Edmund Malone Watson M.C.
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