Dates (mainly ‘religious’ but also political/military) in Down’s history
432 AD St Patrick’s (second) landing in Down
493 Patrick died at Saul and was buried at Downpatrick
Religious & Military Dates in Down: 1
Year: 2007
Hector etc: Memories 5
This is my favourite sequence to date: the video moves to the centre of the town and to the Back of the Dam area.
Kilkeel Square
With two notable exceptions each day of my life until I was fourteen was spent in and around Kilkeel.
Yesterday’s Memories : 4
Arthur McCann’s Bakery and much of the South Ward reviewed from 60 years ago …….
Father Coigly executed
According to the historian Brendan McEvoy Father Coigly was sworn to the United Men in May or June of 1796. This is the period when a merger took place between the Defenders and the United Irishmen.
Days of our Lives: 3
I think the man with the walking stick and the Bear Hat is C Witherspoon. Heart-searing stuff – remembering what our town was like so long ago.
Fr Coigly, United Irishman
Despite the extreme conservatism of the Catholic Church (the United Irishmen were roundly condemned by the great majority of the Catholic hierarchy) there were a number of like-minded priests – including Father McGinnis of Dromintine – with whom Father Coigly could empathise, radicals forged in the liberty-equality-fraternity atmosphere of revolutionary
Oh Hol y Night: Santanta’s (a) Card
That excellent Christmas greeting on Youtube for all our readers …….