Jane born c1836 to John Laverty and possibly Ellen (MAGILL) Married Robert McKAY in Larne and Inver Parish Church of Ireland 1858. Moved to Dalry, Ayr, Scotland then emigrated to Clare, South Australia in 1865. Robert McKay was from Killyglen His brother, Thomas, Presbyterian, married Mary Ann WALKER in Larne in 1847. Their Father was James McKAY.
County Antrim, or Aontroim in Irish, is located on the north-east shore of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland. It has beautiful rugged landscape and is home to the World Heritage Site, Giant’s Causeway. Our county town is Antrim town and we have a population of approximately 618,108.
Benvarden, Coleraine, 2015
Location: Antrim
36 Benvarden Road, Dervock, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT53 6NN
11 Crocus St
Location: Antrim
11 Crocus St, Belfast Ireland
Carrick-a-Rede Bridge
Location: Antrim
Co. Antrim
Armoy
Location: Antrim
George McFall
<p>Occupation</p>
1857-01-01 12:00:00
Robert Curran, Sr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1806-1871), wife Catherine (c. 1799-1879, their son Capt. Robert Curran, Jr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1836-1890)
<p>A brief timeline of the Family of Mr. Robert Curran, Sr. a Whitesmith/Blacksmith of Portaferry, Co. Down, his wife Catherine, and their son, Capt. Robert Curran, Jr., also of Portaferry, Co. Down, Ireland.</p>
1840-01-01 12:00:00
McSherry Family (Seafarers, not family of Farmers of same village also named McSherry) of Killough, Co. Down, later of Belfast, c. 1807-1891
<p>Devout Irish-Catholic Ship Captain, Master Mariner and Pub/Tavern Inn/Hotel Owner Richard McSherry of Killough and Ardglass areas of Eastern County Down (husband of Mary Adair, presumably also from somewhere in County Down), both later moving to Belfast (15 Corporation Square, 20 Gamble Street, 58/60 Tomb Street, and 35/39 Dock Street) all in the Old Sailortown neighborhood) of Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland. </p>
1825-01-01 12:00:00
Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude
<p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>
1840-12-01 12:00:00
Our aim is to connect all people with a link to Larne (Antrim). You may live here, have visited here or maybe are tracing ancestors who left long ago. In any case, we’re sure to have lots to share and are delighted to welcome you.
Larne Workhouse
Location: Larne (Antrim)
Moyle District Hospital, Larne, Antrim
Glenarm Castle, Co. Antrim
Location: Larne (Antrim)
2 Castle Demesne, Glenarm, Ballymena BT44 0BQ, UK
Olderfleet Castle
Location: Larne (Antrim)
Larne, Co. Antrim
County Antrim in the 1830s
<p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (The information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>
1837-01-01 12:00:00