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The Ordnance Survey Memoirs are a uniquely detailed source for the history of the northern half of Ireland immediately before the Great Famine. They were written in the 1830s to accompany the 6" Ordnance Survey maps, but with one exception were not published at the time. In this new edition they act as a nineteenth-century Domesday book and are essential to the understanding of the cultural heritage of our communities.These Memoirs document the landscape and situation, buildings and antiquities, land-holdings and population, employment and livelihood of the parishes of Carrickfergus.

The Ordnance Survey Memoirs are a uniquely detailed source for the history of the northern half of Ireland immediately before the Great Famine. They were written in the 1830s to accompany the 6" Ordnance Survey maps, but with one exception were not published at the time. In this new edition they act as a nineteenth-century Domesday book and are essential to the understanding of the cultural heritage of our communities. The Memoirs document the landscape and situation, buildings and antiquities, land-holdings and population, employment and livelihood of the parishes.This volume contains the Memoir for the parish of Faughanvale, extending eastwards from the south of the Faughan along the southern reaches of Lough Foyle and covering the villages of Muff (Eglinton) and Faughanvale. Also included are some miscellaneous papers relating mainly to this part of county Londonderry.We learn of the early history of this coastal parish, which was home to a number of gentlemen's seats, including Willsborough, and was equally well endowed with mills and public buildings, not to the detriment of numerous remains of antiquity.Social life is particularly well delineated, with extensive details on agriculture and occupations, while records of the management of schools and the dispensary suggest a desire for improvement amongst the people. Together this material paints a fascinating portrait of this area over one hundred and fifty years ago. Illustration: 'View of Lough Foyle', c. 1840, by H. Gastineau, from Ireland, its scenery and character, vol. III (London, 1846) by Mr and Mrs S. C. Hall.

The Ordnance Survey Memoirs are a uniquely detailed source for the history of the northern half of Ireland immediately before the Great Famine. They were written in the 1830s to accompany the 6" Ordnance Survey maps, but with one exception were not published at the time. In this new edition they act as a nineteenth-century Domesday book and are essential to the understanding of the cultural heritage of our communities. The Memoirs document the landscape and situation, buildings and antiquities, land-holdings and population, employment and livelihood of the parishes.This volume contains the Memoirs for 5 parishes the north of county Antrim, an area stretching from Cushendun to Ballycastle and Rathlin Island, then westward to Armoy and Ballintoy.There are marvellous details of the manufactories, gentlemen's seats, public buildings and, especially, the antiquities of the region. We also gain a fascinating insight into social life through the habits of the people, health, justice and education. Commerce, too, is recorded through the fairs at Ballycastle, where the harbour ensured the prosperity of local fisheries. Rathlin Island, with its peculiar sweathouses, is also well covered.The material paints a unique picture of life in this coastal area over one hundred and fifty years ago.

The Ordnance Survey Memoirs are a uniquely detailed source for the history of the northern half of Ireland immediately before the Great Famine. They were written in the 1830s to accompany the Ordnance Survey maps, but were not published at the time.In these new editions they act as a 19th century Domesday book and are essential to the understanding of the cultural heritage of their communities. They document the landscape and situation, buildings and antiquities, land-holdings and population, and employment and livelihood of the parishes.This volume contains the Memoirs for 6 parishes and granges in south-west Antrim, covering an area from Conor to the northern shores of Lough Neagh. The towns of Kells, Connor, Randalstown and Toome are well documented and there is a fine description of Shane's Castle, the ancient seat of the O'Neill's.

The Ordnance Survey Memoirs are a uniquely detailed source for the history of the northern half of Ireland immediately before the Great Famine. They were written in the 1830s to accompany the 6" Ordnance Survey maps, but with one exception were not published at the time. In this new edition they act as a nineteenth-century Domesday book and are essential to the understanding of the cultural heritage of our communities. The Memoirs document the landscape and situation, buildings and antiquities, land-holdings and population, employment and livelihood of the parishes.This volume contains the Memoirs for eight parishes in the south of the county, is one of the most memorable in the series. It covers those areas closest to Lough Neagh, including the villages of Aghagallon, Aghalee, Ballinderry, Crumlin and Glenavy.The material paints a fascinating portrait of this area, with details of the fisheries and natural history of the lough, as well as commerce, facilitated by extensive road and river communications. Gentlemen's seats and public buildings are carefully recorded, while the history and antiquity of the region is exemplified by Laa Lau church. Social life is particularly well documented through emigration, education, justice and the habits of the people. Together these Memoirs provide a unique insight into life in this area over 150 years ago.

A Chronicle of Comber 1873-1912: The Town of Thomas Andrews, Shipbuilder paints an intimate picture of Comber, County Down, home town of Thomas Andrews Junior, Shipbuilder, during the thirty-nine years of his short but hugely influential life (1873-1912). It provides an outline of Thomas and the Andrews family; and will be gratefully acknowledged by the many who seek to learn more about this modest man 'one of the most iconic, yet relatively unknown, personalities associated with RMS Titanic.Thomas Andrews Junior was Chief Engineer in what was then the largest shipyard in the world, Harland and Wolff. Many of Comber's inhabitants worked in the shipyard and celebrated the launch of RMS Titanic on 31st May 1911. A Chronicle of Comber describes something of the impact on the town and the Andrews family of the tragic events of the following year.Join the 1912 walking tour to see Comber as Thomas himself would have seen it or peruse the Ulster Directories of 1870 and 1912 to meet people he knew. Read about the Andrews family industries, the businesses, schools, churches and organisations in the town. The book includes a diary of local events, 1873-1912, based on articles in the Newtownards Chronicle as well as detailing key world events at the time. These were the subjects that would have been discussed round the dining table at Ardara, the Andrews family home.This illustrated book will have an intrinsic appeal for anyone with an interest in Thomas Andrews and Titanic, and also for those interested in learning more about the historic town of Comber, County Down.

During the reign of James I, an official scheme was drawn up for the ''plantation'' of designated areas in west Ulster. However, the actual area settled by the new colonists was much more extensive. With them came innovation. A radical transformation of the landscape began.The spread of a market-based rural economy resulted in a quite spectacular growth in urbanisation. Permanent dwellings of a more sophisticated construction became the norm in many areas, and around the towns new field patterns emerged.The spread of hedged enclosures heralded innovations in agricultural methods, tools, livestock, and systems of land tenure. In a more abstract sense, the settlers also brought with them a new language, new surnames, new religion and of course a change in political and historical allegiances.This account of the plantation landscape shows how colonisation on the ground was not as much influenced either by the London Government or by the new landowners as has often been assumed. Environmental factors proved more important than governmental controls in shaping the emerging settlement pattern. The author also demonstrates how seeds of bitterness were quickly sown between the Protestant settlers and the Catholic natives whom they had displaced, with consequences that last to this day.

The first and second Presbyterian congregations of Belfast, in Rosemary Street, owned a collection of palls, cloaks and hats which were hired out for funerals. They were used by most of the better-off inhabitants of Belfast, regardless of religion, and many of the gentry, clergy and substantial farmers in the surrounding countryside. This register, which covers the years 1712 to 1736, is a record of the hiring of this funeral gear for about 2,000 funerals which took place in the town, and as far afield as Counties Londonderry and Tyrone. In this period both the population and trade of Belfast were growing rapidly and the town was well established as the social and economic centre of Ulster.Much of the original register has been printed here together with an index of names, making it immediately accessible for research. To this has been added a series of biographical notes on many of the merchants, gentry, clergy and tradesmen whose funerals are noted. The register is the single most important genealogical source for Belfast in this period but this book will fascinate anyone with an interest in local history. Finally, the transcript retains the phonetic spelling of the original enabling, us to hear the authentic voice of eighteenth century Belfast.

It is widely accepted that no understanding of modern Irish history is complete without an awareness of the significance of events in the seventeenth century. This is true in particular of the Ulster Plantation. Sir Henry Docwra''s military expedition, which arrived in Lough Foyle in May 1600, at the height of the Nine Years War, was instrumental in paving the way for James I''s Plantation of Ulster that began only a few years later ... after Docwra, the English stayed.The decisive intervention of Docwra''s small army brought to an end a conflict whose outcome was crucial in shaping the path of Irish history after 1600. It led also to Docwra bequeathing to us one of the most illuminating military journals in what was to become, even by Irish standards, a war-torn century. His ''Narration of the Services done by the Army Ymployed to Lough-Foyle vnder the leadinge of mee'' is not only a fascinating description of Docwra''s campaign in the north-west, it can also claim to be the best eyewitnessaccount of a military campaign of the period.Docwra''s ''Narration'' was first edited and transcribed by the great Irish scholar, John O''Donovan, in 1849. This edition, edited by Billy Kelly, not only includes O''Donovan''s comprehensive notes, including translations and descriptions of all the Irish place-names mentioned by Docwra, it also includes insights from more recent scholarship on the Nine Years War. An introduction, new maps, glossaries of terms, a bibliography, chronology anda full index all contribute to making this invaluable and previously scarcely-accessible text available for the general reader as well as being a ''must have'' for the many interested in military history.

First published in 1979 as a tribute to the late Professor J.C. Beckett, this volume of original essays on the history of 18th-century Ireland was conceived both as an exercise in revision, challenging accepted orthodoxies, and as an attempt to open up new areas of study in a period grown stale with competing cliches: the "penal era" for Catholic Ireland which was also the "golden age" of Protestant Ascendancy. As a collection, these essays may fairly be said to have inaugurated a new era in the writing of 18th-century Irish history, as well as launching the careers of a generation of young scholars, a number of whom have gone on to establish themselves as leading authorities in the period. 25 years on, the volume still stands as a landmark, the impact and freshness of the essays undiminished.