Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Along the Cattle Trail - in sight of Scotland

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Last week I explored further along the old cattle drove road where it survives from the Commons to Dalway's Bawn. This was a new stretch...
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Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Dalway's Bawn Revisited

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Since my first blog postings about Dalway's Bawn in June and July 2010, a lot more information has come to light on this 17th century ca...
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Monday, 6 September 2010

The Road from Boneybefore

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Our history in Boneybefore was folk history - tales told to us by the likes of Tillie Millar from the door of her thatched cottage. "...
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010

Boneybefore: The American Connection (2)

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My home village of Boneybefore between Carrickfergus and Kilroot is where the President Andrew Jackson Cottage and US Rangers Museum can be...
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010

Castle Dobbs: the American Connection (1)

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Arthur Dobbs of Castle Dobbs, Kilroot, is seen in this portrait as holding a map of North Carolina. He was appointed 'Royal' Govern...
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Monday, 9 August 2010

The Big Picture: Eslers and the 'Scotch' Cattle Drove Roads of mid Antrim

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The old cattle drove routes across county Antrim run east-west (across the grain to the north-south direction of most of the main lines of c...
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Monday, 2 August 2010

THE COMMONS CUP and other antiquities

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The Commons of Carrickfergus appears on the 1832 map (see last post) as a vast, featureless upland moor, devoid of any evidence of human act...
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