Joshua Doyne reportedly was born in Carrickfergus ca 1634. Other accounts have him coming from Co Wexford. He emigrated to Maryland with brother Robert via Barbados in 1680. He settled in St. Mary’s Co, Maryland. Brother Robert held neighboring properties including one called ‘Carrickfergus’ and another called ‘Sligo’.
Co. Wexford, or Loch Garman in Irish, is located in the south-east region of Ireland. It is famed for having the nicest climate in Ireland and is home to many beautiful beaches and lovely coastal towns. Our county town is Wexford and we have a population of approximately 145,273. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.
Ballybrennan House
Location: Wexford
Tintern Abbey, Co. Wexford
Location: Wexford
Tintern townland, Tintern civil parish, County Wexford
Bunarge, Carne, Co. Wexford
Location: Wexford
Bunarge on the Lane of Stones, Carne, Co. Wexford
Ballinclay House
Location: Wexford
Killurin, Ballinclay, Co. Wexford
St. Patrick's Graveyard
<p>Parish Priest</p>
1861-01-01 12:00:00
1890 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final
1892-06-26 12:00:00
1893 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final
1894-06-24 12:00:00
1913 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final
1913-12-14 12:00:00
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 Carrickfergus (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.
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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