The town or village or Ardara, or Hill of the Fort, takes its name from a very conspicuous earthen fort which stands on a hill about 200 perches to the north-east of the town. The "Nesbitt Arms Hotel" offers every inducement to tourists or anglers, and the scenery is magnificent....
Burtonport in 1893
The tourist should visit this interesting spot, at which a boat may he chartered for Arran and the other islands. The position of "the Port," as it is locally called, is extremely advantageous for commercial purposes, especially as, through the energy and enterprise of Messrs. Hammond & Herdman, regular steam...
William Sydney Clements (Lord Leitrim) (1806 – 1878)
William Sydney Clements, the 3rd Earl of Leitrim was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and notorious landlord. Born in 1806, he was educated in Sandhurst and served in Portugal for the British Army between 1826 and 1827. In 1831 he was promoted to captain. Following his father's death he was promoted to...
The murder of Lord Leitrim
The third Earl of Leitrim had served in the army, rising to be a colonel, before he succeeded his father in the title. He was a man by no means wholly bad and possessed qualities which might, under happier circumstances, have made him famous absolute courage and a perfectly indomitablc...
Video of Cork in 1902
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeqVEbUpy44 Another interesting video from the folks at the Items of Interest YouTube channel.
Video of Dublin in 1915
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iJ_qLa4qyo It's fairly unusual to see a video that dates back over 100 years, but here it is. Thanks to the folks at the Items of Interest YouTube page for putting this online.
A look at Ballyshannon in the 1800s
From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, by Samuel Lewis (1837) BALLYSHANNON, a sea-port, market, and posttown (formerly a parliamentary borough), partly in the parish of INNISMACSAINT, but chiefly in that of KILBARRON, barony of TYRHUGH, county of DONEGAL, and province of ULSTER, 35 miles (S. W.) from Lifford, and 102...
Rathmullan, Co. Donegal
Rathmullan is a small, picturesque seaside village on the western shores of Lough Swilly in Co. Donegal. In 1607 the Flight of the Earls took place just outside the village in a place called Carolina Bay. This marked the end of the Gaelic chieftain rule in Ireland, a major point...
Mary Anne’s Shop, Rathmullan
Mary Anne Friel lived near Elly, Oughterlin and worked for Mrs. Boyce in Downings. When Mrs. Boyce decided to retire from the knitting business she offered Mary Anne a choice of machines. Mary Anne chose two and brought them to Rathmullan. Being close to her customers was important, so Mary...