- A Lecale Soldier.....Brian S. Turner
- Photograph and short biography of Sergeant Robert Smith (1871-1923) from Grangewalls.
- An Elizabethan map of north-east Down.....Kay Muhr
- In depth analysis of a 1580 map, annotated by Lord Burghley, examining and explaining the placenames and settlements of the late sixteenth century, including those of Lecale.
- Mick Taggart's Townlands.....Brian S. Turner
- An evocation of place. An elderly man names most of the townlands of Lecale from memory - a feat now unlikely to be repeated in the light of the Post Office naming protocols.
- A shared vision - The Lecale of Arthur Mason, Senan Sharvin, and T.M. Tate.....Colm Rooney
- Remembering three local writers from the early twentieth century whose works drew on their love of the landscape and the history of Lecale.
- Dorans at the hay, Ballylucas 1955.....William Stranney
- A photograph of a rural scene, taken on a warm July afternoon, reveals a surprising amount of historical detail about the farm and the buildings.
- Arts and crafts at Feis Chaisleain Nuaidh 1904.....Joseph McBrinn
- An account of an important cultural event which was the precursor of the Feis an Duin.
- Notes on Contributors.....
- Short note on each of the ten contributors to the 2005 journal
- A note on Irish union pipes.....Robbie Hughes
- An accomplished pipe maker and performer recalls some piping links with Lecale.
- By the turn of post: An emigrant letter from New York to Lecale, 1856.....Sophia Hillen
- A letter found among family papers is the inspiration for this piece on family history linking the 'new world' with the 'old'.
- Strangford Presbyterian Church: Register of Marriages 1848 - 1900.....Wendy Osborne
- A short history of the church, which closed in 2003, and a transcription of the Marriage Register.
- Tea in Ballyhornan in 1791.....Brian S. Turner
- Two poems by a literate CoI curate in turn castigating and praising Ballyhornan
- Six local children poisoned.....From the Downpatrick Recorder 9 September 1837
- The perils of poisonous fungi
- Admiral Blackwood.....Brian S. Turner
- A Killyleagh born seaman who was with Admiral Nelson when he fell at Trafalgar.
- Downpatrick Historical Society.....William Stranney
- The precursor of Lecale Historical Society.
- Lord Fitt of Bells Hill.....Berkley Farr
- Lord Fitt's connections with the townland of Dunnanelly.
- Book Notices.....Gordon Wheeler
- Review of five historical publications connected with County Down.
- Recent Periodicals: selective contents lists.....Gordon Wheeler
- Buildings at Risk Northern Ireland, Vol 7, March 2005 (Ulster Architectural Heritage Society)
- Down Survey. Yearbook of Down County Museum 2004
- Due North, Vol 1, Autumn/Winter 2004 (Federation for Ulster Local Studies)
- [Inverbrena, No 9] Strangford. Memories from Inverbrena, 2004 (Inverbrena Local History Group)
- Journal of the Upper Ards Historical Society, No 29, 2005
- Review of the year, 2004/5.....Berkley Farr
- Some of the main activities of the Society over the past year.
- Trains across the Quoile.....Berkley Farr
- The opening of a new station by the Downpatrick and County Down Railway Society.
- Lecale Review.....Wendy Osborne
- Request for articles, photographs etc for inclusion in the journal
- Lecale Historical Society.....
- Information about the origins and purpose of the Society and about membership costs and benefits.
- Lecale Historical Society: Members at 31 March 2005.....
- A list of all of the Society members at the end of the membership year.
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